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I can't agree that any part of West Hollywood would ever be considered hipster. It's a district of LA that has been gentrified since the 1980s-1990s and is very costly to rent there. It also has no direct access to any major highways or metro stations and the areas surrounding it are mostly family oriented. Especially Larchmont which is adjacent to Weho.
Not to mention it seems like everyone who lives in Weho is a total douche in a yuppie way, far from anything culturally hipster.
For LA they could have just said Silver Lake, but even that has blown up to post-hipster standards so they probably should have said DTLA.
So much wrong with this list. As for LoDo/Riverfront in Denver, not a hipster hood. And The Art Hotel is on the complete opposite side of downtown...plus the Whole Foods is not open, it just started construction and isn't opening until 2017. Nice work on the fact checking Yahoo.
I'm loving the fact that (finally) people realize that there's no such thing as a "hipster" in 2015. If there were, you could post a concise one-sentence definition that would cover it for everyone just like every other word in the English language (see: The Dictionary). This used to be an argument I'd have every week (it seemed) here up until recently.
Regardless, this is a silly list. As pointed out, Bend OR isn't "a neighborhood" etc etc etc.
Sounds like something a hipster would say. lmao
So there's no such thing as a hipster in 2015, but there was at another time? If there is no concise definition of a hipster, how could there have been such a thing at any time? Haven't you ever used labels to describe anyone before? Like maybe "redneck?"
Last edited by joeyg2014; 06-26-2015 at 09:29 PM..
^ OK, give me a definition fit for Webster's. It needs to be concise yet comprehensive. Most definitions are one phrase. We will then extrapolate from there.
^ OK, give me a definition fit for Webster's. It needs to be concise yet comprehensive. Most definitions are one phrase. We will then extrapolate from there.
Counterculture movement personified by monied 20-somethings who needlessly dumpster dive for "vintage" clothing and bicycles and insist they're individuals - even though they all look relatively the same.
Pretty much. They only way you can avoid the "hipster" label is to make SURE you aren't within the ages 21-35, don't care what you eat, think everyting "tastes fine", think every type of beer "tastes fine", not care where you live, and generally live a life with no particular interests or passions. You also must make sure to not have an opinion on ANYTHING regarding food, music, beverages, clothing, or coffee (it all MUST taste the same). If you do any of the above, be ready to be labeled.
Actually, this would make you a defacto hipster if done on purpose. The hipsters of the 90s took everything that mainstream America thought was lame and made it cool by purposely avoiding everything that mainstream America thought was cool.
Then the hipsters of the 2000s took everything that was once cool to mainstream America in 70s and 80s and made that the defacto cool in an effort to redefine themselves from the 90s hipsters since the 90s hipsters originally thought that stuff was stupid.
Then the hipsters of 2010s have been going full-on "mainstream" to upset the other hipster demographics and once again redefine themselves.
The hipsters of the 2020s are most likely to adopt a bland Americana suburban style.
2. All self-proclaimed hipsters deny being hipsters. No true hipster labels themselves as a hipster as labeling yourself means that you are "adhering" to pre-defined style and tastes, which is the antithesis of the hipster.
3. Being "anti-hipster" is about the most hipster thing that a hipster can do. The most vocal critics against hipsters are hipsters.
When I think of hipster I think of guys who haven't got a haircut in 6 months playing hacky sack in the park wearing winter hats even though its the summer. Around where I live Davis Square in Somerville.
I can't agree that any part of West Hollywood would ever be considered hipster. It's a district of LA that has been gentrified since the 1980s-1990s and is very costly to rent there. It also has no direct access to any major highways or metro stations and the areas surrounding it are mostly family oriented. Especially Larchmont which is adjacent to Weho.
Not to mention it seems like everyone who lives in Weho is a total douche in a yuppie way, far from anything culturally hipster.
For LA they could have just said Silver Lake, but even that has blown up to post-hipster standards so they probably should have said DTLA.
The Historic Core is definitely full of hipsters, though they are of the variety with enough money to pay some of the highest rents in the city.
Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, West Adams, East Hollywood I think are the next real up-coming artist areas.
I agree that the line between actual-artist hipsters/gentrifiers has been blurred with wealthier, yuppy versions of hipsters that may be vaguely into the same types of things but are essentially consumers, not creators (as pretentious as that sounds).
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