Alienation is a unifying factor in cyberpunk IMHO
Alienation from one's social world -- i.e. ex-Kansasians fleeing "Jesusland" to sexual freedom and then-techno-revolutionary San Francisco. Alienation from one's promised future -- jobless teen/tweens in New York City suffering Reaganomics circa 1980 patching Ramones badges into old torn biker jackets with safety pins between squatting warehouses and fits of ear-blistering moshpit catharsis-