On: Rents are dropping across the US

[cbhl]

Can you expand the acronym HENRYs? Urban dictionary didn't come up with anything for me.

[toomuchtodo → cbhl]

"High earners, not rich yet (HENRYs) are individuals who currently have significant discretionary income and a strong chance of being wealthy in the future."

The previous (somewhat derogatory) term was "Yuppie" ("young urban professional" or "young, upwardly-mobile professional") [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuppie

[RhysU → toomuchtodo]

I always liked DINK: Double income, no kids.

[pmiller2 → RhysU]

Well, when two HENRYs love each other very much, they do frequent move in together to become DINKs. ;)

More seriously, DINK seems to be approximately the plural of HENRY in this context.

[loco5niner → pmiller2]

Except, I think that HENRY implies that they are not willing to adjust their extravagant lifestyle in order to become rich.

[closeparen → toomuchtodo]

As I understand it, HENRY is a term of art in marketing while yuppie is more colloquial.