Mission Yuppie Eradication Project poster, circa 1999
During the wretched peak of the late 1990s San Francisco dot-com bubble, an anarchist group called the Mission Yuppie Eradication Project began plastering my neighborhood with these posters as a way to counter the pressures of gentrification.
As a 10 year resident of the 'hood, I was basically sympathetic to their cause, although I found many aspects of MYEP's politics, tactics, and grasp of economics to be problematic. But my real beef with them had more to do with my car -- which happened to be an SUV.
Fortunately, the Telstar Logistics camouflage scheme helped spare my vehicle from the anarchists' wrath, as my ride survived well into the dot-com bust unscathed.
Which suggests a possibility for one of our corporate slogans:
Telstar Logistics:
Fighting Anarchists with Anarchy Since 1988
Comments and faves
fetching (81 months ago | reply)
heheh, okay, so what did you do to protect your SUV, yuppie? :)
Telstar Logistics (81 months ago | reply)
I used the same trick to thwart The Anarchists that I'd previously used to thwart The Man: Urban Camouflage.
susafri (81 months ago | reply)
this is hilarious. Yea go back to orinda, you cigar bar clown!
susafri (81 months ago | reply)
Buffy and Chip = Yuppi scum from Walnut Creek
Brett L. and Nick Douglas added this photo to their favorites.
Telstar Logistics (81 months ago | reply)
My name is actually Skip, and my wife prefers Muffy, but the similarities were uncanny!
novaoccidens [deleted] (81 months ago | reply)
I always hated Ti-Couz, but I thought the anti-yuppie movement of the day was a bit over the top too.
Wasn't your ride featured in Make? Or was it Wired? I forget.
alexmuse (81 months ago | reply)
:)
Telstar Logistics (81 months ago | reply)
It was Make. It also got pimped recently on Autoblog.
fetching (81 months ago | reply)
haha that's funny. nice.
fredsharples (81 months ago | reply)
As you're all aware, dad bought me a studio designer loft there in 1999 for 250k. Can you believe it? Boy the Mission was so icky back then. Now it's ok as long as you don't go below Valencia. Anyway, I paid my dues, I stayed there on several weekends. Well I just sold it to some friends of dad's from the vineyard for a sweet 1.9M. So now now I can't decide between Blackhawk, Sea Cliff or Belvedere. What say ye?
Say hi to the Muffiness for me.
ta ta, Trevor
Telstar Logistics (81 months ago | reply)
OHMYGOD! So cool. Like, Sea Cliff, tooooooooooooootally. Will I see you at the club next weekend?
fredsharples (81 months ago | reply)
Oh I'll be there. I do hope Paris doesn't come this time. I heard she won't be invited after the last one. Can y ou say "Yuck"? It's kind of sad I guess. Can't wait to see Robin W.'s new act. He's so funny don't you think?
ta
DNSF David Newman (81 months ago | reply)
Do what we say!
Stop reading this poster!
Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist (81 months ago | reply)
I lived in SF around the time of this poster - I remember seeing all kinds of street media like this in the Mission.
Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist added this photo to his favorites. (81 months ago)
travísimo (81 months ago | reply)
grr.
mickeydonoghue (81 months ago | reply)
Die yuppie scum
mickeydonoghue added this photo to his favorites. (81 months ago)
mickeydonoghue (81 months ago | reply)
Die yuppie scum.
A suv should be used for the purpose it was designed for i.e taking it off road throwing it about etc. And should be full of dents etc due to the purpose that is was designed for, the owner should be proved of of the scratch and dent. But sadly too many people here in the uk use it to take their kids to school in them and to do their shopping . Reclaim the suv love those scratches and dents from offroad usage.
ToddZ (81 months ago | reply)
Mickey, I hope if you own hiking boots you only use them for hiking off-road, and never ever to get groceries or coffee.
CyclotronX (80 months ago | reply)
Just shows you how uneducated people are. Yuppies are not the only ones driving SUVs.
tifotter, kowitz, TomcioB, and www.urbanreinventors.net added this photo to their favorites.
www.urbanreinventors.net (63 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NO RIGHT TO THE CITY :: Open Call for pictures, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Hookham.Fotography added this photo to his favorites. (59 months ago)
user_13452 (48 months ago | reply)
Great poster! They should post them back up now. Start a revolution!
justinsfpics, jboxx, L H P, adria.richards, and 5 other people added this photo to their favorites.
dav (7 months ago | reply)
I remember being very conflicted about these posters, holy crap did they ever fail to put a dent in the yuppie onslaught though. Would love to see an interview now with the creator of these.