America's Best Cities for Hipsters
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America's Best Cities for Hipsters
So hip it hurts.
Full article at travelandleisure.com
America’s Favorite Cities survey ranked 35 metropolitan areas on culturally relevant features like live music, coffee bars, and independent boutiques. To zero in on the biggest hipster crowds, we also factored in the results for the best microbrews and the most offbeat and tech-savvy locals.
No. 1 Seattle
No. 2 Portland, OR
No. 3 San Francisco
No. 4 New Orleans
No. 5 Portland, ME
No. 6 Providence, RI
No. 7 Austin, TX
No. 8 San Juan, P.R.
No. 9 Philadelphia
No. 10 Denver
No. 11 Savannah, GA
No. 12 New York City
No. 13 Santa Fe, NM
No. 14 Chicago
No. 15 San Diego
No. 16 Minneapolis/St. Paul
No. 17 Boston
No. 18 Los Angeles
No. 19 Nashville
No. 20 Kansas City, MO
No. 21 Las Vegas
No. 22 Charleston
No. 23 Memphis
No. 24 Baltimore
No. 25 Honolulu
No. 26 Houston
No. 27 Anchorage
No. 28 Miami
No. 29 Washington, D.C.
No. 30 San Antonio
No. 31 Phoenix/Scottsdale
No. 32 Atlanta
No. 33 Orlando
No. 34 Salt Lake City
No. 35 Dallas/Fort Worth
No. 1 Seattle
No. 2 Portland, OR
No. 3 San Francisco
No. 4 New Orleans
No. 5 Portland, ME
No. 6 Providence, RI
No. 7 Austin, TX
No. 8 San Juan, P.R.
No. 9 Philadelphia
No. 10 Denver
No. 11 Savannah, GA
No. 12 New York City
No. 13 Santa Fe, NM
No. 14 Chicago
No. 15 San Diego
No. 16 Minneapolis/St. Paul
No. 17 Boston
No. 18 Los Angeles
No. 19 Nashville
No. 20 Kansas City, MO
No. 21 Las Vegas
No. 22 Charleston
No. 23 Memphis
No. 24 Baltimore
No. 25 Honolulu
No. 26 Houston
No. 27 Anchorage
No. 28 Miami
No. 29 Washington, D.C.
No. 30 San Antonio
No. 31 Phoenix/Scottsdale
No. 32 Atlanta
No. 33 Orlando
No. 34 Salt Lake City
No. 35 Dallas/Fort Worth
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Re: America's Best Cities for Hipsters
Hmmm. I still can't find anything wrong with live music, coffee bars, independent boutiques and microbrews. But whatever, people don't like "hipsters" for some reason.
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It's kind of like saying you love Chicken Cordon Bleu (which I made for dinner last night) but still hate the French people.
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I would've thought my presence in San Jose would've made it number one. I guess I suck.

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Seems like you could figure this out just by going to Pabst and seeing where they ship most of their PBR to per capita.
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Yet every city in Texas made it. Surely the people who compiled the list know that not all of those people are wearing those outfits ironically.
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I read another article on this and it had a list of best "hipster" cities and Pittsburgh had just unseeded Portland as the number 1 "hip" city.
Pittsburgh has not even made this list.
Edit --- Well, maybe it was not a list:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...lSYP_blog.html
Pittsburgh has not even made this list.

Edit --- Well, maybe it was not a list:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...lSYP_blog.html
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I've been to Santa Fe. I've been to Boston.
Evidently the makers of this list have not. There's no way Santa Fe is hipper than Boston.
Evidently the makers of this list have not. There's no way Santa Fe is hipper than Boston.
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Not surprised at the top cities. If I didn't know the results I would have guessed Seattle and Portland were at the top.
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I'm sure Travel & Leisure has their finger on the pulse of what hipsters love.