I was running errands last week when I heard on my car radio that Sacramento was No. 4 on the Most “Hipster” City in U.S. list. Great, I thought. My next thought was – what exactly does that mean?
To get the answer to my question I googled the Infogroup study. Infogroup is a big data, analytics and marketing services provider.
“Hipsters” are defined in UrbanDictionary.com as mainly men and women in their 20’s and 30’s who dislike anything ‘mainstream’, have progressive political ideas and enjoy indie rock and art, among other things.
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The study identified the metro areas that are home to businesses appealing to hipsters – microbreweries, record stores, music dealers, thrift shops, tattoo parlors, music and live entertainment, bicycle dealers and non-chain coffee shops. Metro areas with a population of one million or more were ranked by their concentration of hipster-related businesses per 10,000 residents.
Using the data compiled the top 10 hipster cities in the U.S. are:
- Seattle, WA
- Portland, OR
- Denver, CO
- Sacramento, CA
- Grand Rapids, MI
- San Diego, CA
- Providence, RI
- Pittsburgh, PA
- San Francisco, CA
- Rochester, NY
According to the study, Sacramento has been recognized for its growing food and coffee scene, as well as its nearby nature destinations. The numbers also showed that a large number of businesses of interest are thrift shops (more than 30 percent), followed by coffee shops (16 percent) and tattoo parlors (15 percent) .
The study concluded that Sacramento is “a great city that is not yet perceived as ‘too mainstream’ and where regular hipsters can feel at home and pay less in rent than their San Francisco friends.”
Comments on Sacramento’s Number 4 Ranking on the “Hipster List”?
Am I the only one who did not know exactly what a “hipster” was?
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If Sacramento is bracketed as a “hipster” neighborhood that is actually an insult.
Hipsters are slaves to fashion and focused on exterior, physical appearance
Hipsters are jumping on the bandwagon with whatever the Flavor of the Month and fad is.
The word I dislike more than “hipster” is foodie.
Ugh!
Who is it that declares “So and So Is A Hipster”?
Why would anyone WANT to be declared a “hipster”?
Hipsters are poseurs, superficial, trend hoppers and blow in the wind like a leaf – slaves to the next big “hot” trend.
Sort of like the Convention Center claiming Sacramento is Farm to Fork Capitol of the Galaxy despite 70% of Sacramento County is a FOOD DESERT and there is severe malnutrition and hunger all throughout the Central Valley and San Joaquin Valley where 90% of the food which feeds the entire world is grown.
I am definitely NOT a “Hipster”.
I am a classisist and in pursuit of what the ancient Greeks posited was “the pursuit of aesthetics and in search of The Good, The True and The Beautiful”.
I am not New Age, do not wear skinny jeans, do not watch trash reality tv, do not have a face pumped full of Botox nor do I play Scratchers Lottery tickets. I do not eat fast food. I do not shop in supermarkets. I do not go clubbing at bars. I have ZERO interest in Kim Kardashian and her skanky family.
I suppose that makes me “wierd” since I do not follow normative culture.
I do not follow the herd.
Nope, I am not a “hipster” and am very sad that Sacramento has been bracketed as a “Hipster City”.
Thanks for your comments Colleen.