Which cities have the most hipsters. (compare, better, places, people)

[portyhead24]

Originally Posted by garmin239

Since you are into electronic music can you please tell me what the fascination with "dubstep" is? It is one of those hipster music styles that I find just awful.

I don't usually associate dubstep with hipsters but I can see where you're coming from. I do associate dubstep with a particular crowd though. The kids that like dubstep nowadays remind me of the kids who liked Dnb and jungle back in the 90s/2000 era. Now first let me say there is some jungle I like alot and also some dubstep I really dig too. Having said that there is a large amount of it that is just droning garbage to me. The whole wah wah wobble sound has been way overdone and outright cliched.

Now back to the jungle/dubstep people. I get the suspicion that alot of these people like/listen to dubstep simply for the sake of coming off edgy and hardcore. That's exactly the way it was with dnb and jungle. Like they were too intelligent/hard/cutting edge to listen to house or trance. Personally I say give me a good bumpin house song anyday. It's got more groove and soul in my opinion at least.

One thing I can't stand is when people listen to a certain type of music, dress a certain way, act a certain way, read certain books, etc. for the main purpose of projecting an image rather than truly enjoying whatever it is they are doing. I tend to stay away from alot of mainstream hip hop/pop music because I truly don't like alot of it. BUT I will readily admit when I like a song/artist i.e. Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, The Black Eyed Peas, TI, Katy Perry, even if a hipster or whoever it may be may think I don't look to hip/cool/chic.

For me I say just like what you like and if you really are so "hip" it'll show regardless

[migol84]

Originally Posted by portyhead24

One thing I can't stand is when people listen to a certain type of music, dress a certain way, act a certain way, read certain books, etc. for the main purpose of projecting an image rather than truly enjoying whatever it is they are doing. I tend to stay away from alot of mainstream hip hop/pop music because I truly don't like alot of it. BUT I will readily admit when I like a song/artist i.e. Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, The Black Eyed Peas, TI, Katy Perry, even if a hipster or whoever it may be may think I don't look to hip/cool/chic.

For me I say just like what you like and if you really are so "hip" it'll show regardless

i do certainly agree.

but why i like hipsters so much is cause of their oh so cute girls..... they always smile at me.

[polo89]

Originally Posted by migol84

i do certainly agree.

but why i like hipsters so much is cause of their oh so cute girls..... they always smile at me.

Yeah, they do have some hot hipster chicks.

[polo89]

People are talking about hipsters like they're Gypsies or something.lol.

[migol84]

Originally Posted by polo89

People are talking about hipsters like they're Gypsies or something.lol.

this is what they sound like, "they're so pretentious. it's majorly affecting my life! aaargh!!!"

[5Lakes]

What Was the Hipster? -- New York Magazine

[grapico]

Originally Posted by portyhead24

I don't usually associate dubstep with hipsters but I can see where you're coming from. I do associate dubstep with a particular crowd though. The kids that like dubstep nowadays remind me of the kids who liked Dnb and jungle back in the 90s/2000 era. Now first let me say there is some jungle I like alot and also some dubstep I really dig too. Having said that there is a large amount of it that is just droning garbage to me. The whole wah wah wobble sound has been way overdone and outright cliched.

Now back to the jungle/dubstep people. I get the suspicion that alot of these people like/listen to dubstep simply for the sake of coming off edgy and hardcore. That's exactly the way it was with dnb and jungle. Like they were too intelligent/hard/cutting edge to listen to house or trance. Personally I say give me a good bumpin house song anyday. It's got more groove and soul in my opinion at least.

One thing I can't stand is when people listen to a certain type of music, dress a certain way, act a certain way, read certain books, etc. for the main purpose of projecting an image rather than truly enjoying whatever it is they are doing. I tend to stay away from alot of mainstream hip hop/pop music because I truly don't like alot of it. BUT I will readily admit when I like a song/artist i.e. Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, The Black Eyed Peas, TI, Katy Perry, even if a hipster or whoever it may be may think I don't look to hip/cool/chic.

For me I say just like what you like and if you really are so "hip" it'll show regardless

heh I've been listening to a similar style progressive house since about 1997. think the long digweed/warren mixes...they are still mixing and generally better than anybody else on the scene as they were then imho.
doesn't get old to me b/c the tracks are diff.

Originally Posted by polo89

People are talking about hipsters like they're Gypsies or something.lol.

no, gypsies actually have their own culture.

[5ive8ight5ive]

what the hell is the difference between dubstep and techno/house?! I know they're different genres, but I honestly cannot distinguish one from the other. and when I googled it, the answers were either too vague or too technical (i.e. using specific dj/producer terminology) to be of any use.

[UTHORNS96]

Originally Posted by MozartPLace

D.C. hands down, hipsters everywhere! We now have the "Hipster Express" that goes from U street NE to Park Slope in Brooklyn.

DC never struck me as a hipster hotspot. I've always thought that if you were in DC you were either a government employee, or you were black. Obviously an exageration, but you get the general idea.

[Ohio248]

DC strikes me as one of the least hipster towns. DC is very preppy.

Even places like U Street and Adams Morgan are pretty frat boyish compared to, say, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, or Misson, SF.