Hipster Neighborhoods

On a whim many days ago I took The Hipster Handbook (New York: Anchor Books, 2003) off my bookshelf, and have been reading it off and on ever since. Page 93 lists the "Indigenous Zones of the Hipster in the United States and Canada." The title isn't quite accurate as "indigenous" implies that hipsters always have been living in these neighborhoods. I took the liberty of alphabetizing the cities' names, and providing links and comments. This is the 1997 Utne Reader list of the fifteen hippest neigborhoods in North America, from which the Hipster list is apparently adapted.

• Atlanta--Little Five Points and Cabbagetown
• Austin--Clarksville
• Baltimore--Mt. Vernon and Fells Point
• Boston--Davis Square
• Brooklyn--Williamsburg (the most famous hipster neighborhood)
• Chicago--Wicker Park
• Cleveland--Coventry and Tremont
• Detroit--Hamtranck
• Knoxville--Fort Sanders
• Los Angeles--Silverlake
• Manhattan--Lower East Side
• Miami Beach--Lincoln Road
• Milwaukee--Riverwest
• Minneapolis--Whittier
• Montreal--The Plateau
• New Orleans--Lower Garden District
• Philadelphia--Old City
• Richmond--The Fan
• San Francisco--Inner Mission
• Seattle--Belltown
• Toronto--College and Clinton
• Vancouver--Commercial Drive
• Washington, D.C.--The U District