Is there a city with no hipsters? (middle-class, 2015)

[JeffSanDimas]

Here is how I define a hipster

Someone 16-35 who:

Goes to concerts especially for non big acts (non hipsters will go see a famous artist on tour at a stadium, hipsters like small independent music)
Makes artsy stuff or works in a creative profession
Does tweeting, instant-gram etc.
Wears used clothing for a reason other than not having enough money to buy new clothes
Dresses in a way that's odd as opposed to suit and tie/jeans and a tee shirt
Has unconventional hair (boys with long hair, girls with short hair. Dying your hair unnatural colors)
Does microbrews
Grocery shops at whole foods/trader joe and only Rays jm
Rides a bike outside of excersize (using bikes to get around is for kids who don't have their license)


These aren't nearly all attributes of a hipster but just a short description

Here are visual examples of hipsters:






What city (over 50k) has the least of these people?

[jennifat]

Those are "hipsters"? Not where I'm from. That looks like typical mainstream suburban teenager fashion. Every middle-class white kid in America looks like that.

[JeffSanDimas]

That's what a hipster looks like to me.


A non hipster wears polo shirts, jeans, Abercrombie and Fitch, old navy, Nike tennis shoes

There are non-hipster normal young people:






EDIT: you live in Minneapolis? That's why you think hipsters look normal that city is like Portland in the midwest from what I hear

[Drewcifer]

I think the point is that the people who would be considered hipsters here don't look like that. Your examples are normal people. Hipsters are weirdos. Pretentious on one hand, but probably can't help it either.

These are hipsters:

[Dopo]

seems like you want an "uptight" and "ultra-conservative" city
You might want to try Salt Lake City

[bawac34618]

Originally Posted by Dopo

seems like you want an "uptight" and "ultra-conservative" city
You might want to try Salt Lake City

OKC is as conservative and uptight as it's possible to get in the western world and there are even hipsters here. Salt Lake City certainly has them. The OP would be better off looking at rural areas or small towns geared towards retirees if they want to avoid hipsters entirely.

[Cliff Clavin]

Can't belive we're still using the term 'hipster' in 2015. Or are we using it ironically?

With that said, Boston is relatively hipster free.

[jennifat]

Originally Posted by Cliff Clavin

With that said, Boston is relatively hipster free.

Irony. I see what you did there.

[JeffSanDimas]

I guess I am uptight and I definitely am conservative. I am not into arty or cultural stuff and I just want to avoid that kind of thing I guess. It's wierd to me. I like normal buttoned up people who aren't "artists" or have crazy hair that makes them look like a demon.:

I'm the type that wears collared polo shirts(sometimes in different colors if I wanna look "different"), jeans and chino pants all the time and makes sure I look clean and my hair is combed. I would rather somewhere with a lot of "bros" because at least they look normal and I can get along with them. I'm not into intellectual types. I like salt of the earth type people.

I am looking to leave the place I grew up, the LA metro - shouldn't you look for a city that shares your culture? Why move somewhere where you're already turned off by the people your age (I'm gonna be 22).

I would love to move to a small town but there are no jobs.


Those people are what you think of hipsters? I just call those people junkies..


I don't need to be in a metropolis. Maybe a city of 40-50k? I was thinking Knoxville but apparently it has hipsters too. Maybe Greenville, SC? NW AR?

Mid sized cities in red states with no hipsters or wierdoes

[jennifat]

Originally Posted by JeffSanDimas

EDIT: you live in Minneapolis? That's why you think hipsters look normal

This piece by the New York Times is is pretty representative of what young people dress like in the Twin Cities. Some people look very mainstream (the Asian girl), others don't.

Modern Style in Minneapolis - Video - NYTimes.com