Is Chardon right for me?

[Unicorn hunter]

Thanks for the clarification. I guess I thought of hipster as being synonymous with yuppie....i see there is a difference. Guess i don't keep up enough with modern terminology! Not sure what the OP meant by the term when he/she used it. I guess my thinking is more that an area is being "discovered", going "upscale" when a Starbucks opens...at least that's how it went back in Seattle....but that was a few years back as well!

[WRnative]

A diet-breaking donut shop isn't hipster or yuppie IMO, but it fits well into Chardon's culture IMO.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/...uts-in-chardon

The picture of Maggie's glazed donuts reminds me of the famous glazed donuts of the legendary Hough Bakery chain. I see a trip to Chardon in the near future, although I've slashed my donut buying in Lake County.

https://maggiesdonuts.com/

It looks like Maggie's started in Middlefield just over 50 years ago.

[SlideRules99]

Just for fun…from Wikipedia:

“The 21st-century hipster is a subculture (sometimes called hipsterism)[1][2] that is defined by claims to authenticity and uniqueness yet, ironically, is notably lacking in authenticity and conforms to a collective style. The subculture embodies a particular ethic of consumption that seeks to commodify the idea of rebellion or counterculture. Fashion is one of the major markers of hipster identity.[3][4][5] Members of the subculture typically do not self-identify as hipsters,[1] and the word hipster is often used as a pejorative for someone who is pretentious or overly concerned with appearing trendy or fashionable in a non-mainstream way.[6]

Stereotypical fashion elements include vintage clothes, alternative fashion, or a mixture of different fashions, often including skinny jeans, checked shirts, knit beanies, a full beard or deliberately attention-grabbing moustache, and thick-rimmed or lensless glasses.[7] The subculture is broadly associated with indie and alternative music. In the United States, it is mostly associated with perceived upper-middle-class white young adults who gentrify urban areas.[2][4][8][9]

The term hipster in its present usage first appeared in the 1990s and became particularly prominent in the late 2000s and early 2010s,[10] being derived from the earlier hipster movements of the 1940s.[11]”

IMO the real decline of hipsterism started in 2011 or so, around the time the Portlandia TV show started skewering the movement with its clever parodies.

I do see hipster activity around CLE, with Lakewood probably the hotbed, some elements in Cleveland Heights, and of course the gentrified areas in neighborhoods like Ohio City and Tremont. “Barometers” of a hipster area include things like vegan restaurants, tattoo parlors, and indie coffee shops.