Chicago has 3 of the top 25 hipster zip codes in the country (Troy: apartments, houses)

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by mjtinmemphis

I don't look at hipster status when neighborhood shopping. I look for affordability, location, diversity, convenience and walk ability. Too many neighborhoods are overpriced.

I guess because I'm not a hipster and personally don't know of any or anyone who aspires to be. I think I see them on the train but that's it.

Nah, you're a hipster ;-) JK. Most real hipster neighborhoods are affordable. I'm pretty sure there's pockets of neighborhoods in this city that hipsters live in that most people aren't even in tune with

None of the areas on the list are areas I would enjoy.

Now this I call bull**** on.

You mention location, affordability, diversity, walk ability above. Have you even been to Albany Park? It's one of the most diverse areas, if not THE most diverse area of town. in fact, that zip code is one of the most diverse in the entire country. Walkability? Yeah has it. Public transit? Albany Park and Lincoln Square (which is more diverse than you think) has a handful of brown line stops in it. Affordable? The average 2 bedroom apartment in Lincoln Square is around $1400/month and I've seen some for $1200 (in fact, my ex girlfriend's place in Lincoln Square/Ravenswood area was this much last summer). It's even less in Albany Park and walkable.

About Albany Park:

It has one of highest percentages of foreign-born residents of neighborhoods in Chicago. Although the majority of those foreign-born residents are from Latin America, the majority from Mexico (especially from the state of Michoacán) and Guatemala, substantial numbers are from the Philippines, India, Korea, Cambodia, Somalia, the Former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia), Romania, Pakistan and the Middle East (especially Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon). Over 40 different languages are spoken in its public schools.

[NARFALICIOUS]

Originally Posted by marothisu

about albany park:

Albany Park, <3

[marothisu]

Albany Park is great..good people (for the most part) and good food too.

[mjtinmemphis]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Now this I call bull**** on.

You mention location, affordability, diversity, walk ability above. Have you even been to Albany Park? It's one of the most diverse areas, if not THE most diverse area of town. in fact, that zip code is one of the most diverse in the entire country. Walkability? Yeah has it. Public transit?

About Albany Park:

I forgot Albany Park. I've always considered it to be Uptown. Yes it is everything I mentioned, I have not considered moving there. It doesn't seem very hipsterish or trendy. It is a cool area.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by mjtinmemphis

I forgot Albany Park. I've always considered it to be Uptown. Yes it is everything I mentioned, I have not considered moving there. It doesn't seem very hipsterish or trendy. It is a cool area.

Save Hyde Park and now Bridgeport, the far north side neighborhoods like Albany Park, West Ridge, Rogers Park, Edgewater, and North Park are the most diverse statistically in Chicago. The article really isn't about "hipster" IMO, much as it is about affordable rent in areas that are along public transit where its residents take that to go to work. There are a fair number of artists up in the Albany Park/Lincoln Square/Ravenswood/Andersonville area though on another note (that doesn't mean hipster).

Lincoln Square often does get left out of things with diversity. It's no Albany Park (which is next to it), but I think people think that it is like Lincoln Park and really, really white American. Yeah part might be, but nowhere near a Lincoln Park and while it's over 60% white, it's also about 20% hispanic and over 10% Asian. The thing too is that there is the fair share of those white who are actually from eastern Europe who live there too. I know of a few Eastern European hangouts up there. If you just look at the statistics, you may think that most of the white culture in that area bring the same culture but it's not true.

[RogersParkGuy]

Originally Posted by NARFALICIOUS

What does hipster mean at all??

Hipsters are young adults, recently settled in large urban areas, who are preoccupied with nonconformity and authenticity. Hipster is almost always a pejorative label. The more fully one embodies the hipster stereotype, the more frantically he or she denies being a hipster.

[Ace Rothstein]

That's too bad for Chicago.

[MichiVegas]

The article is worthless.

They think the most hipster part of NYC is East Rutherford, NJ, which is an anonymous suburb with no hipsters. That tells you all you need to know.

[chet everett]

The article was not geared toward people trying to choose a location to open a shop selling analog turntables, skinny jeans, retro eyewear and ironic t-shirts, it was a summary of the techniques that are possible to create filters within RealtyTrak so that one can find neighborhoods with a large percentage of younger people that rent and use public transit to commute to work.

That may be useful to folks looking to invest in rental properties.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by chet everett

The article was not geared toward people trying to choose a location to open a shop selling analog turntables, skinny jeans, retro eyewear and ironic t-shirts, it was a summary of the techniques that are possible to create filters within RealtyTrak so that one can find neighborhoods with a large percentage of younger people that rent and use public transit to commute to work.

That may be useful to folks looking to invest in rental properties.

Then why not just say so instead of slapping the hackneyed "hipster" cliché on the places thus identified?