Chicago equivalent to Portlands Hawthorne (aka young and hipster neighborhood)

[urbanlife78]

I always found Wicker Park to be a good place to get a dose of hipster that is something similar to Portland. But you definitely wont find that same mentality that is in Portland. I lived in Portland for the past decade, now live in NYC, but have a love affair with Chicago, which will be my next stop.

The thing that makes Portland so unique is that it is the perfect city to be young and clueless in. I mean that in a good way. What better city to find out who you are and what you want to do in life without having to work hard and getting a hell of a social life out of it, along with lots of drinking. As much as I love Portland, I couldn't even imagine trying to really go full force with my career choices there, but I do love feeling like a young retired person through my 20s.

Chicago is where you move to when you feel like you are ready for a big boy career and you are tired of drinking with 20 somethings.

[Tiger Beer]

Originally Posted by Urbanite3

I can't thank all of you enough for these helpful posts. All of you have made great points.

Being a newly-single chilled out hipster, I think moving to Chicago is not what I am looking for right now. My entire family lives in the city, but everytime I visit, it's too big and cold for me. It's a great place, and will always feel like home, but the liberal, non-yuppy, friendly, care-free attitudes that people have in Portland (and mostly Seattle) are just unbeatable.

I always felt like both Seattle and Portland also have a lot of yuppies. NW Portland in particular, and Seattle just has a much more corporate feel in general.

That being said, hipsters and yuppies are kind of in the same 'family' of people, in many ways. It would be strange to have a hipster place with no yuppies among them.