Cambridge and its wonderful yet dooming teenage subcultures.
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Cambridge and its wonderful yet dooming teenage subcultures Upon moving to Cambridge in September 2002, one of the first things I learned which intrigued me the most of was of the well-established teenage subculture system. By this of course I am referring to the 'labelling' or terminology of segregated groups of teenagers, based on the way they dress, the music they listen to and their attitudes to society. In London the categories were vague and not well known - you were either normal or you were a 'goth', and most people would then ask 'what's a goth?' Cambridge life I found fascinating because the typology was so advanced and specific, and so fundamental in the social workings of almost everyone there aged between twelve and eighteen. The little-known and often misused term 'goth' which I had had to make do with in London was replaced by the clearly defined terms 'greb' and...

