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The '''Bourgeois Bohemian''' is often what the [[Hipster]] or [[Granola Girl]] turns into when he/she hits middle age, or what the [[New Age Retro Hippie]] might have become had he not dropped out.
The defining trait of the Bourgeois Bohemian (Bobo for short) is that while he belongs to the upper or upper-middle class in economic terms, his values are inherited from the countercultural movements of the 1960s. Expect very open attitudes towards issues such as sexuality and recreational drugs, support for liberal/progressive political causes, and possibly some [[Strawman Political|hypocrisy]] as well. And definitely a fondness for [[NPR]] and [[PBS]]. Unsympathetic examples of the trope will often be portrayed as hypocritical about their wealth, criticizing other wealthy elites while sharing much of their lifestyle. "Limousine liberal" (US term) or "Chardonnay socialist" (UK term) are some pejorative terms you'll sometimes find applied to this type. Sympathetic portrayals will usually not suggest that anything is wrong or contradictory about liberal ideals coupled with financial success.
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* Paul Kinsey on ''[[Mad Men]]'' is the [[Beatnik]] version.
* ''[[Portlandia]]'' makes fun of the suburban counter-culture scene of Portland, Oregon. Many characters are middle-aged professionals with bohemian values.
* You could also definitely include Warren and Lois
* George in ''[[Bored to Death]]'', played by Ted Danson, is a pot-smoking hippy who manages a magazine similar to ''[[The New Yorker]]''. He's quite wealthy, but still has his left-wing lifestyle and opinions. In the second season, he suffers a serious clash of cultures when his magazine is bought out by a right-wing organization.
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*** [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] have often mocked Hollywood and the music industry for their tendency to embody this trope, usually in [[South Park]] with Mecha-[[Barbra Streisand]] and [[George Clooney]]'s "Cloud of Smug" being prime examples from the show, but also in other works like [[Team America: World Police]]. In a 2004 interview, creators [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] remarked that "People in the entertainment industry are by and large whore-chasing drug-addicted fuckups...But they still believe they're better than the guy in Wyoming who really loves his wife and takes care of his kids and is a good, outstanding, wholesome person. Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be." Parker and Stone also continued this theme in the movie [[Team America: World Police]], in which several celebrities [[Too Dumb to Live|foolishly support Kim Jong Il.]]
* In addition to San Francisco, places in the U.S. likely to be considered havens for these types of people include Boston, Massachusetts (and the nearby suburbs of Cambridge and Brookline); Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Boulder, Colorado; Madison, Wisconsin; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Park City, Utah; and, over the past decade, Hoboken and the downtown section of Jersey City, New Jersey. And, obviously, New York. Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia are inevitably seen as having both these (as well as plenty of Republicans running around, although moreso in northern Virginia than in New York).
* [[Hipster
* In Britain, there are certain things that are associated with this trope. Generally people who live in Islington are seen as an example and the word Islington itself is synonymous with this sort of stereotype. Also, people who read the upmarket left-wing paper The Guardian are also seen being this.
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