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Martin C. Smith

If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.

Martin C. Smith

Attitude

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The author is saying that some Americans dislike yuppies, but their dislike for London and its southern residents is much stronger, about ten times greater. This highlights a deep cultural or regional resentment that goes beyond typical social frustrations.

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