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Also, keep in mind that THE STUDY RANKS METRO AREAS, NOT CITIES. The OP should've said "Top 25 Hipster Metros".
The funny thing is though that the "hipster" demographic is rarely outside certain neighborhoods in a core city--rarely do you see trendy twenty-somethings in any suburbs across the whole metro(unless it's a college town in the suburbs or the occasional artsier small town). Like in Portland, the hip stereotypes are basically in the inner eastside neighborhoods and a few outlying neighborhoods in other parts of the city--but the suburbs that make up the majority of the metro population are pretty average areas full of middle class families or blue collar types. Same thing with Seattle or Chicago or most big cities. College towns like Berkeley or Cambridge might sort of be the exception to the rule(though they're both adjacent to bigger cities as well) or somewhere like Hoboken, New Jersey, but for the most part it's always a limited demographic to certain areas.
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The funny thing is though that the "hipster" demographic is rarely outside certain neighborhoods in a core city--rarely do you see trendy twenty-somethings in any suburbs across the whole metro(unless it's a college town in the suburbs or the occasional artsier small town). Like in Portland, the hip stereotypes are basically in the inner eastside neighborhoods and a few outlying neighborhoods in other parts of the city--but the suburbs that make up the majority of the metro population are pretty average areas full of middle class families or blue collar types. Same thing with Seattle or Chicago or most big cities. College towns like Berkeley or Cambridge might sort of be the exception to the rule(though they're both adjacent to bigger cities as well) or somewhere like Hoboken, New Jersey, but for the most part it's always a limited demographic to certain areas.
I'll second this--hipsterism seems to be intrinsically linked to urbanity
Until someone can define "hipster" the way every other word in the English language is defined (i.e., concisely and definitively in a sentence or two), every ranking or C-D discussion on the term is 100% bunk.
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Until someone can define "hipster" the way every other word in the English language is defined (i.e., concisely and definitively in a sentence or two), every ranking or C-D discussion on the term is 100% bunk.
What do hipsters and pornography have in common? As the saying goes, you know 'em when you see 'em.
I see where you're coming from, though. The best article and definition I've read on the subject is this:
"A subculture of men and women typically in their 20s and 30s who value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter."
"But with the hipsterfication of America, today's hipsters come in all stripes and all political persuasions. Rachel Maddow and S.E. Cupp to courtesy phones, please.
And all ages: Not everyone who is hip is young, and not everyone who is young is hip. Hipsterishness is a state of mind.
We are seeing the dawn of a new hipsterdom. The subculture has become an omniculture"
I think you know where I'm coming from - that's about 4-5 times longer than most dictionary entries, and it still isn't at all concise and leaves way too much room for interpretation (and in practice, psychological projection).
Basically, have you ever seen a 25 year old with a handlebar moustache riding a unicycle complaining to his buddy about "hipsters?" I'll bet you have. Have you seen the guy in skinny black jeans and a dress shirt on the side of the road complaining about the guy on a unicycle? Or the 35 year old complaining to his wife about the "hipster" in ladyjeans walking in the crosswalk in front of him? Or the Mexican dude looking at the white couple in the Hybrid with NPR stickers and telling his lady that "these hipsters are why it's so expensive here now"? It's all in the projection.
New York? Where? The Upper East Side? I don't think so. More like Brooklyn. Los Angeles? NO WAY. Los Angeles is all about bling, celeb, overworked stressed out sometimes beach culture. (Think Kardashian). Unless you're talking Los Feliz or Silver Lake. Small pockets but overall there is no "hipster" vibe here. There's a rich vibe of people driving $500,000 cars but no matter what your definition of hipster is -- owning a Rolls isn't one of them.
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