Sadly the Leftist hipster gentrification of the urban core in the Sunbelt has pushed many criminals into this weird middle region between the urban core and the suburban areas. The end result has been more crime in the suburbs. Obviously the gentrification is not the only reason for more crime in the suburbs. The Leftists in the urban core elect insane local politicians and magistrates with campaign money from a Leftist billionaire who take the side of the criminals because of insane myths like disparate impact.
I retain a lot of the hipster values of my youth: pop music is for retards and children, you should shop at local businesses, art should challenge you, etc. I never went for the politics of it mostly because I was cynical about politics and skeptical of Obama being able to change anything, mostly because I viewed normal Americans with contempt.
Anyway you are right about the hipster and woke connection in that both of these tendencies drew from the same populations: kids from the hinterlands who move to the city and are insecure about their upbringing
Many of the best aspects of hipsterdom (food refinement, revival/gentrification of cities, etc) has been merged into the mainstream while they otherwise disappeared. This might’ve happened with some of the bad things too but in general we can enjoy hipsterdom’s leftovers while being thankful they’re gone
Sadly the Leftist hipster gentrification of the urban core in the Sunbelt has pushed many criminals into this weird middle region between the urban core and the suburban areas. The end result has been more crime in the suburbs. Obviously the gentrification is not the only reason for more crime in the suburbs. The Leftists in the urban core elect insane local politicians and magistrates with campaign money from a Leftist billionaire who take the side of the criminals because of insane myths like disparate impact.
I retain a lot of the hipster values of my youth: pop music is for retards and children, you should shop at local businesses, art should challenge you, etc. I never went for the politics of it mostly because I was cynical about politics and skeptical of Obama being able to change anything, mostly because I viewed normal Americans with contempt.
Anyway you are right about the hipster and woke connection in that both of these tendencies drew from the same populations: kids from the hinterlands who move to the city and are insecure about their upbringing
Many of the best aspects of hipsterdom (food refinement, revival/gentrification of cities, etc) has been merged into the mainstream while they otherwise disappeared. This might’ve happened with some of the bad things too but in general we can enjoy hipsterdom’s leftovers while being thankful they’re gone
Hipsters were corny. A lot of millennial culture is corny and domesticated.