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Re:Rents are dropping across the US by cbhl on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:26PM (#23556312)
Can you expand the acronym HENRYs? Urban dictionary didn't come up with anything for me.
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Re:Rents are dropping across the US by toomuchtodo on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:27PM (#23556334)
"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

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Re:Rents are dropping across the US by RhysU on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @06:19PM (#23557492)
I always liked DINK: Double income, no kids.
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Re:Rents are dropping across the US by pmiller2 on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @06:52PM (#23557769)
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.

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Re:Rents are dropping across the US by loco5niner on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:30PM (#23578597)
Except, I think that HENRY implies that they are not willing to adjust their extravagant lifestyle in order to become rich.
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Re:Rents are dropping across the US by closeparen on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @07:41PM (#23558152)
As I understand it, HENRY is a term of art in marketing while yuppie is more colloquial.
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