Where did op eventually move?

I bet this mustache was there.

... And this morning the hipsters were swarming at The Coffee Bar on S and 12th NW.

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Anonymous wrote:Echo Park? Brooklyn? You should move to Baltimore if you want anything even remotely close to those 'hoods south of the Mason Dixon. DC is bizarro wannabe hipster-esque, but, you know, in a good way. Check the NY Times...there's been a lot of articles on DC of late - one quotes Justice Sotomayor who said about U street neighborhood: “It has a touch of the East Village in it”. I was like what??!! Are you kidding me? Even the East Village doesn't have any more East Village in it and you're saying U street is like the East Village? U street is "interesting", for DC area, but it ain't all that from a U.S. urban perspective, and really it's only one street, maybe a bit of 9th (the flea market gives it a little cred), and forget 14th St as it is off on a decidedly polished and in your face luxury upscale track from Logan Circle to the South to Fla Ave (and soon beyond) to the North. Taylor taking over that old used furniture store sealed the end of 14th street's character in my mind (anyone know where they went??). Now it's all construction cranes and tear downs. I used to live near Florida Market which before it's transformation could have gone in the direction you are looking for, but now with Union Market, well, it ain't gonna happen. Takoma Park may have the people you are looking to be around, but probably older than you're thinking and it's not urban, not dense, and small and isolated (ok, it's on the metro). Petworth may be your best bet (and you will save a lot of money!)....Upshur St near GA ave has some interesting little places and a nice vibe, but it ain't no Echo Park. H Street if you want instant hipster (just add street cars!) and want to use your whole budget. Anyway, good luck making the shift from La-La-Land to Lobby-Land!

Agreed! Baltimore is much "realer". In fact, Baltimore is almost exactly like DC was in the early 90s. Real estates much cheaper, going out is cheap, and every night is a bullet-ridden bloodbath. Makes me miss the days of going to DC Space and the old 9:30 Club!

Not really. The West End, Dupont, downtown DC along K and Connecticut, Gtown, and Adams Morgan was where all the action was. The last 20 years, the action moved east of those neighborhoods to the historic downtown and Shaw, Columbia Heights, etc. Also, DC real estate (west of 16th Street) was never Baltimore cheap, not ever. DC may have been the "murder capital" but it was still a nice city to live and work.

Baltimore's downtown was never that appealing beyond the sterile waterfront redevelopment and attractions like the aquarium. Sure Fells Point and Federal Hill are nice, but it's not enough to draw a good comparison to DC.

Anonymous wrote:Echo Park? Brooklyn? You should move to Baltimore if you want anything even remotely close to those 'hoods south of the Mason Dixon. DC is bizarro wannabe hipster-esque, but, you know, in a good way. Check the NY Times...there's been a lot of articles on DC of late - one quotes Justice Sotomayor who said about U street neighborhood: “It has a touch of the East Village in it”. I was like what??!! Are you kidding me? Even the East Village doesn't have any more East Village in it and you're saying U street is like the East Village? U street is "interesting", for DC area, but it ain't all that from a U.S. urban perspective, and really it's only one street, maybe a bit of 9th (the flea market gives it a little cred), and forget 14th St as it is off on a decidedly polished and in your face luxury upscale track from Logan Circle to the South to Fla Ave (and soon beyond) to the North. Taylor taking over that old used furniture store sealed the end of 14th street's character in my mind (anyone know where they went??). Now it's all construction cranes and tear downs. I used to live near Florida Market which before it's transformation could have gone in the direction you are looking for, but now with Union Market, well, it ain't gonna happen. Takoma Park may have the people you are looking to be around, but probably older than you're thinking and it's not urban, not dense, and small and isolated (ok, it's on the metro). Petworth may be your best bet (and you will save a lot of money!)....Upshur St near GA ave has some interesting little places and a nice vibe, but it ain't no Echo Park. H Street if you want instant hipster (just add street cars!) and want to use your whole budget. Anyway, good luck making the shift from La-La-Land to Lobby-Land!

Agreed! Baltimore is much "realer". In fact, Baltimore is almost exactly like DC was in the early 90s. Real estates much cheaper, going out is cheap, and every night is a bullet-ridden bloodbath. Makes me miss the days of going to DC Space and the old 9:30 Club!

Anonymous wrote:Somewhere in northwest in the area extending from u street up to petworth.

Not takoma park. The houses are pretty, but there is only one farmers market, one coop, and one yoga studio. Not really urban density at all.

Not h st. That place is just a few bars set down between sad thrift stores (not cool thrift stores).

Maybe consider Capitol Hill if schools are of concern . Not hip at all but great for kids and decent urban amenities. Could rent a sweet row house for $3500. Check out Yarmouth realty for rentals.

You do realize that you can live on "Capitol Hill" and still be 3 blocks from H Street, right?

Anonymous wrote:Takoma Park or Glover Park.

Van Ness East

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Anonymous wrote:
Be careful what you wish for. By the time Takoma Park becomes a "sought-after place" for restaurants, its quirky charater and neighborhood-orientation will be a thing of the past. Once neighborhoods evolve into restaurant and retail destinations, rents rise, developers with their "smart growth" projects come in and the retail and restaurant options become pretty similar to the "upscale generica" that you see in Bethesda and Clarendon, etc.

As a resident of Clarendon, I would like to thank you for this phrase, which I am stealing. (I would shower you in Pottery Barn gift cards and a frozen yogurt if I could.)

This is clever and so true. At a community meeting on a large, mixed-use project in my area, we listened as the developer's consultants piously assured everyone that they planned diverse, useful "neighborhood-oriented" shopping. Then they showed the "indicative" illustrations of the retail: Pottery Barn, PF Changs, upscale yogurt shoppe and even Godiva chocolate!

LOL (or is it GOL? - gag out loud).

Capitol Hill near H Street / Union Station.

Probably been mentioned already, but for schools, 2 bedroom apartments can be found for 3K, close to red line, and a walk to Foggy Bottom, Dupont Circle works. Just up the hill to a few ethnic restaurants in Adams Morgan, but if you live up there you are not in the Ross School district (which is pre-school to grade 5 by the way).

I have been following the DC zoning re-write. From the meetings I went it, it seems that the folks at the Office of Planning are completely focused on attracting hipsters to DC and only recently seemed to recognize that families actually live here, too!

This guy says everything I think...it is too f-in funny (link was posted above):

But just like emos have bitchiness and goths have acne scarring, hipsters can generally be identified by their completely unwarranted arrogance.

While most well adjusted members of society view music as an enjoyable addendum to life, perhaps a distraction or even a hobby, hipsters know that music is serious business. Having been picked on since a very young age by those who found their talents lay in athletics, they decided the ideal place to exercise influence was in the fields of listening to stuff and putting on clothes. Most people who aren't hipsters recognize these areas as naturally subjective, and generally not worth giving much of a shit about, which allows hipsters to win the argument for the simple reason that they're the only ones who care enough to notice that it's going on.


Hipsters must therefore strive at all times to stay a step ahead of everyone else. Worshiping the most obscure bands available and then dismissing them after they come out with their first LP is a good start. Successfully using the phrase "I was into them before..." is rumored to actually make a hipster's penis larger.

Hipsters also attempt to stay on the cusp of their perverted version of fashion. Are black framed glasses out? Try 60's horn-rims. Does your friend have his lip pierced? Try cutting yours off. This isn't about beauty or even basic hygiene. This is about looking like you traveled back from the not too distant future. A future populated by douchebags.


Hipsters ignore rules because they think it will make them look like they don't care. There is no end result, just a continuous cycle of mediocre indie rock and scruffy looking dudes. By basing their actions on avoiding the mainstream, they are in fact guided by the mainstream.

Assuming you're not hitting the pipe too hard, you now understand the worst thing about hipsters: they don't realize that they're a big joke.



Read more: http://www.cracked.com/funny-4573-hipster/#ixzz2KhTDjXvr

Anonymous wrote:What is the definition of a "hipster"? Is it the children of the 1980s "yuppies"??

Here you go (too funny):

http://www.cracked.com/funny-4573-hipster/