New Years Resolutions for Pittsburgh

[BrianTH]

I have absolutely no problem with hipsters.

As we've discussed a bit before, I think the reason they draw a strong negative--even violent--reaction from some people is that they are counter-cultural, which always causes such a reaction among some sorts of people.

[MeinGlanzendMotorrad]

It's not that they're "counter cultural" it's because they're annoying ****heads.

[ctoocheck]

Here's an interesting short article from the WaPo referencing Pittsburgh being on the "In" list, and Portland on the "Out":

Portlandia, your 15 Minutes are up. Long live Pittsburgh.

“Portland has overextended its welcome as the destination for hipsters who want to find themselves, while frolicking in beautiful scenery and reasonable rents,” says Hesse. “Pittsburgh is reasonable-rents, nice scenery, nice downtown, and the people are, in general, just far less insufferable.”


As a born-and-raised Pittsburgher, I’ll go a step further. Portland, with its elaborate facial hair and abundance of strip clubs, represents irony. Pittsburgh, with its working-class pragmatism, is the opposite: earnest and straightforward. It’s a place where people drink cheap beer and wave their Terrible Towels without self-consciousness. Hipsters take faux working-class attributes —brusque beards, Pabst Blue Ribbon and occupations such as butchery — and integrate them into their lives with an ironic wink and a superiority complex. In Pittsburgh, you can find all of the above, only without the derision and affectation.



The natural life span of the hipster has come to an end.

[raubre]

Originally Posted by MeinGlanzendMotorrad

It's not that they're "counter cultural" it's because they're annoying ****heads.

Pot meet kettle.