Blame Brooklyn, blame hipsters:

[jad2k]

Originally Posted by l1995

I didn't expect the hipsters to be from those areas, but there are plenty of NYC born hipsters. NYC is the birthplace of hipsterism (think Greenwich Village back in the 50s and 60s), so of course there will be native born NY hipsters.

My cousin lived in Brooklyn his whole life and he's a total hipster, he used to dress like a fancy hobo from the 1920s.

One of the most "hipster" like guys I've ever met was born and raised in Bushwick (and by that I mean Bushwick of the 1980s and 90s).

[l1995]

Originally Posted by jad2k

One of the most "hipster" like guys I've ever met was born and raised in Bushwick (and by that I mean Bushwick of the 1980s and 90s).

It doesn't get more hipster than that!

I'm about to make a thread about this actually, if anything I would wager that most actual hipsters in NYC are New York born.

[NyWriterdude]

Originally Posted by l1995

Yeah there are different kinds of conservatives, some favor protectionism. But in general it seems like laissez faire capitalism is a pillar of conservatism.

Not really. Top universities in the US barred women and non whites until the 1960s. This isn't laissez faire. Protectionists believe they are in entitled to something simply because they are white americans, and don't want competition from foreign markets or non immigrants in the US for that matter.

That type of conservative had no problem when people were barred from doing certain things because of race or gender, but hated it when the government passed laws making such behavior illegal. They aren't interested in free trade, and in fact rapid development in so called developing nations is a threat to their white supremacist world view (in many ways white privilege is overblown these days, anyone of any race can be successful).