Anonymous wrote:Definitely Portsmouth, NH. I'm here now - It's the bomb. Quick trip from Manchester Airport.

But where or where is that photo that OP posted from?

+1 Should have everything you're looking for. From downtown you can walk to Starbucks or the local coffee shop. Can't walk to Chipotle but there is a good little local place called Dos Burritos that's walkable and much better than Chipotle anyway.

Newport, RI

Definitely Portsmouth, NH. I'm here now - It's the bomb. Quick trip from Manchester Airport.

But where or where is that photo that OP posted from?

Provincetown, MA? Take the ferry from Boston if you don't like to drive. There's a natural food store.

If it must be Whole Foods, try Hyannis.

Northampton is nice but there's just a river, not the ocean. Brattleboro, VT is similar (great food co-op though!)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frederick MD

That's another good call. Frederick is really nice.

Where's the water?

There's a little trickle that goest through the south part of downtown, it's called Carroll Creek, and it barely qualifies as water.

Downtown Frederick definitely has a hipster vibe. I live in Frederick County, so I'm biased, but I think downtown Frederick is great- kind of a hidden gem. That said, as great as it is, I couldn't see taking a vacation there. Day trip definitely, weekend maybe, more than that -no.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frederick MD

That's another good call. Frederick is really nice.

Where's the water?

ASHEVILLE, NC

Anonymous wrote:Frederick MD

That's another good call. Frederick is really nice.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Providence

+1

It's not on the coast but it's very hipster and fun. Great art, great food scene, great bar scene.

I was just about to say - I am from RI and this would totally meet what you're looking for. Prov is a fantastic small city.

If you wanted someplace smaller than Providence, maybe check out Newport - it's got some patrician parts but also some hipster elements. Plus, on the ocean. And if you want even smaller than that, try Westerly, RI. Taylor Swift has a house there, which doesn't really suggest hipsterdom, but there's also a lot of other nice fun stuff.

Pawtucket's actually another place you might try in RI. It used to be very industrial, but a lot of the old mills have been converted into lofts, and there's a good arts scene and restaurants. And it borders Providence. RI is so small anyway.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Small town with a Whole Foods?

Can the Whole Foods be nearby?

Bar Harbor, ME

Portland is the closest Whole Foods to Bar Harbor, hours away.

There is a Whole Foods-like store in Ellsworth.

Anonymous wrote:New Hope, PA / Lambertville NJ (across the Delaware River from each other). Surprisingly hipster.

Not hipster, but artsy. Both have long housed large gay populations. Not enough to keep you busy for 2 weeks.

Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for a small town within a 3-5 hour flight from D.C., on the east coast (literally), and with a hipster vibe. I've always wanted to go to Rhode Island for instance but I don't know much about it.

Help me out with a suggestion for a place to go on a 1-2 week vacation? I'd love if the town was known for B-and-Bs, had a chipotle, starbucks, and a whole foods centrally located and was on the water.

Thank you!

It's on the water, but not the sea - Burlington, VT - on Lake Champlain. Has everything you could want for hipster vibe.

New Hope, PA / Lambertville NJ (across the Delaware River from each other). Surprisingly hipster.

Methinks the word doesn't mean what you think it means...