Where do the hipsters hang out?

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  • #607366

    skeeter
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    I’m not a hipster- but I want to be more like one. The indifference is really appealing to me.

    I know there are a few hipsters near Easy Street Records. I’ll try to spend more time there. What other neighborhoods should I check out? Maybe Ballard or Capitol Hill?

    #789419

    PangolinPie
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    Definitely Georgetown. :)

    #789420

    RarelyEver
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    Loretta’s in South Park. Hipster heaven.

    #789421

    datamuse
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    I haven’t seen much indifference in Georgetown, PangolinPie. Hipster or otherwise.

    #789422

    Grin
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    Ballard is like Mecca for hipsters….

    #789423

    PangolinPie
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    Maybe not indifference – but it’s a hip place. I know it was a sarcastic post but I still love me some G-town.

    #789424

    skeeter
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    My post was only half sarcastic. I love people-watching. Hipsters are really fun to watch and I really do want to be a little more indifferent. I need to enjoy life and not worry about my 401k so much. Hipsters have mastered that art.

    #789425

    happywalker
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    What is your definition of a “hipster”

    #789426

    PangolinPie
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    I hear that, skeeter. I love people-watching too. Life’s too short to worry about things we can’t control…put on some shorts and head over to Greenlake and half-nap in the sun for a while.

    (Sure wish I weren’t at work.)

    #789427

    datamuse
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    I dunno, skeeter, there’s an awful lot of irony among hipsters. Maybe I’ve been hanging out with too many postmodernists, but I could do with a little less irony these days. ;)

    #789428

    skeeter
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    I hear ya datamuse, but I’m okay with the irony.

    You might enjoy this article. Check out the comments, too.

    http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/fashion/williamsburg.html?from=mostemailed

    #789429

    smokeycretin9
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    Ballard or any ironically cool dive bar.

    #789430

    datamuse
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    What I’m learning from that article is that flannel and work boots are in again. Guess the 90s nostalgia wave has arrived.

    #789431

    Sonoma
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    Hipster hubs like Williamsburg have become a parody of themselves. Truly hip people don’t think of themselves as “hipsters.” I don’t see hipsters as people who don’t worry about their 401ks or just enjoying life’s little pleasures. That’s a fine philosophy, but hipsters tend to be poseurs.

    #789432

    JanS
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    Sonoma…yes…if one needs to label oneself as a “hipster” one is not one, really…

    #789433

    happywalker
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    JanS my thought exactly…as per my post #8. You shouldn’t have to try so hard. Just be yourself, I think that’s what “real hipsters” do.

    #789434

    EdSane
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    First step, read infinite jest by david foster wallace (aka the hipster bible).

    #789435

    Filbert
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    Let’s see……

    Going on the internet to smugly broadcast to the world how much you don’t care and that you’re NOT a hipster. Check.

    Reminding us all that you’re not REALLY a douche, you’re just mocking people you consider yourself better than IRONICALLY. Check.

    Completely Out-of-Touch Bourgeoisie Backhanded Compliment, as if they are sooo lucky to be carefree and not have your burden of worrying about your 401k. Check.

    Congratulations, Skeeter! You’re a hipster and you didn’t even have to leave your home.

    #789436

    skeeter
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    Thanks Filbert. I agree with your first three “checks.” I particularly enjoyed check #2. But I’m not sure about your conclusion. I feel like I’ve still got a long way to go to become a hipster.

    BTW – are hipsters allowed to go to Starbucks? Because I’d really miss those Frappuccinos.

    #789437

    Dunno
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    We pretty much hang at the Taco Time at 35th SW and Fauntleroy. Sometimes at the Admiral Jack in the Box!

    #789438

    JoB
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    i suspect that having been born early enough to earnestly wish my mother had had me at 10.. so i too could have been a hipster…

    that i don’t fully comprehend the current definition of the term ;->

    if only i could have run away to San Francisco 10 years earlier ….

    would hep cats have qualified by today’s definition?

    i wish i was curious enough tonight to find out:)

    #789439

    miws
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    But JoB, if you had run away to San Francisco ten years earlier, you would not have known to be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. ;-)

    Mike

    #789440

    JoB
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    miws.. sure i would… being older didn’t stop me from getting disco fever either ;->

    #789441

    sassy
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    Skeeter – you are the best.

    #789442

    cwit
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