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hipsters RENT not buy, which is my point. hipsters founded williamsburg, didnt buy and got priced out and has moved on to bushwick/bed stuy and now the TRUE hipsters already moved on to cypress hills or south bronx. Williamsburg/bushwick has a much younger vibe compared to the gentrification that is happening in bed Stuy, like i said its trending more like fort greene/clinton hills. Families (white and other minorities) are buying into bed-stuy. its a different atmosphere from bush wick, which has become more hip. You also have the bed-stuy community board being VERY prominent in businesses such as bars in the area, it was in the news that didn't want a Neo-rock (some say nazi) bar in the area. That same bar would be welcomed in Bushwick and Williamsburg without a second glance. Bed-stuy isn't the typical hipster area, they are trying however but the black ownership is dominant and people are well aware of the value of their homes now. Maybe some of the new large developments will make a difference but i doubt it.
hipsters don't stay hipsters. like the hippies of the 60's, they grow up, shave their beards, lose their hairline, and become dads and moms. they end up in careers, have kids and many end up living like everyone else. you don't ever see any old hipsters. it's just a recycling of youngsters. the word hipster is just the hippies of the millenial generation. the next gen will be called something else.
hipsters don't stay hipsters. like the hippies of the 60's, they grow up, shave their beards, lose their hairline, and become dads and moms. they end up in careers, have kids and many end up living like everyone else. you don't ever see any old hipsters. it's just a recycling of youngsters. the word hipster is just the hippies of the millenial generation. the next gen will be called something else.
These days men have rogaine and propecia to keep their hairline. And a lot of older men these days still have their beards.
These men in Williamsburg in particular are working jobs in sectors like the tech sector, media, film, tv, etc where things are different from the 1980s corporate sector. And while many will leave, the more successful ones can afford to stay.
the B train stops after rushhour. the D and 4 are express lines only and and the 4 only has 3 full time stops across 40 blocks. it behooves the city to build an above ground light rail to increase local mobility. the grand concourse needs archway bridges or underpasses at minimum at major intersections. there are too many pedestrian accidents and it would also serve to increase commerce both sides of the avenue. crossing the grand concourse via stoplights is a b*tch and takes way too long.
you obviously have no concept of architecture, and blind. the buildings up the grand concourse have received landmark status. going even more north has some the best 1920's art deco architecture in the country. they are in need of restoration, but this will happen as billions of foreign investment and local govt subsidy are pouring into the bronx.
ok fair enough, you're correct on the train lines.
but this doesn't excuse you or the ecuadorian from being full blown communists.
hipsters don't stay hipsters. like the hippies of the 60's, they grow up, shave their beards, lose their hairline, and become dads and moms. they end up in careers, have kids and many end up living like everyone else. you don't ever see any old hipsters. it's just a recycling of youngsters. the word hipster is just the hippies of the millenial generation. the next gen will be called something else.
hipsters will always be hipsters, the stench of entitlement never goes away.
hipsters will always be hipsters, the stench of entitlement never goes away.
i lived amongst hipsters in the early to mid 2000's, i see them now in their 30's, rolling in money, nice careers, having babies, and complaining about high taxes. ask the young people today, the term hipster doesn't apply anymore. it's already gone beyond commercialism, once everyone knows what it is, it doesn't exist anymore. we're at Gen Z now who are socially savvy and cleaned up. you'll see williamsburg shift in the next 10 years to a digital corporate mall.
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