Better "hipster/yuppie" food and nighlife scene (Philly vs Boston) (best, people)
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Which city is better for the "yuppie hipster" foodie restaurants and cocktail bars? Not looking at sports bars, Irish pubs or old school Italian/seafood/business lunch scenes. More like the kind stuff you would find in Lower Manhattan/inner-Brooklyn.
I would say Philadelphia, simply because its a much larger city with more neighborhoods in transition, following the paths of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Center City is becoming a playground for the wealthy, but several outlying neighborhoods still provide an eclectic mix of new shopping/ eateries while still maintaining an industrial/ gritty feel to some extent. I also think Philadelphia has a lot more room for growth, so the offerings now may pale to the offerings 5 years from now, whereas Boston I think will more or less be the same.
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Never been to Boston, so I can't comment (but if all of the old money/trust fund babies/college nerd stereotypes are true, it should win the yuppie argument handily). But Northern Liberties and Fishtown are peak hipster areas--probably the most truly hipster areas on the East Coast after Brooklyn.
Never been to Boston, so I can't comment (but if all of the old money/trust fund babies/college nerd stereotypes are true, it should win the yuppie argument handily). But Northern Liberties and Fishtown are peak hipster areas--probably the most truly hipster areas on the East Coast after Brooklyn.
Northern Liberties has pretty much transitioned into a yuppie/ upper middle class enclave. Fishtown and now parts of Kensington are hipster areas.
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Originally Posted by cpomp
Northern Liberties has pretty much transitioned into a yuppie/ upper middle class enclave. Fishtown and now parts of Kensington are hipster areas.
Yes, I can see that, but I still think there's a lot of overlap. I guess it depends on your definition of a hipster area; some people tie it intrinsically to wealth (i.e. struggling artist areas, dilapidated buildings), while others, such as myself, do not.
For the record, since the city boundries are so different. I'm comparing close in urban core. So when I say Boston I also mean Cambridge/Somerville, Brookline.
Philly/Yuppie is not really interchangeable. There's hipster bars and areas then there's yuppie bars and areas, like in DC here we barely have a hipster scene. SF on the hand has a huge hipster scene.
Philly - Hipster.
Boston/DC - Yuppie.
NYC is a pretty good balance.
Philly/Yuppie is not really interchangeable. There's hipster bars and areas then there's yuppie bars and areas, like in DC here we barely have a hipster scene. SF on the hand has a huge hipster scene.
Philly - Hipster.
Boston - Yuppie.
Boston certainly has more yuppies, but I would think Philadelphia has a better balance. Certianly close to/ in the core (Center City is yuppie central), then the surrounding neighborhoods have a good balance, but lean more toward hipster.
Plus, not to be a hater, but Philadelphia has a lot more to do then Boston.
Boston certainly has more yuppies, but I would think Philadelphia has a better balance. Certianly close to/ in the core (Center City is yuppie central), then the surrounding neighborhoods have a good balance, but lean more toward hipster.
Agree with you there. I just think Philly represents the hipster demographic best between the two.
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