A lot of people trash-talk hipsters... Some of my friends have said that they wouldn't live in Williamsburg because it is over-run with them... But for some reason, I always come to their defense.
Why do I, a man whose current hot-list features this and this, come to the defense of the hip class? Well, for starters, they bring great bars to the neighborhood. Mid-town and Astoria could definitely learn a thing or 2 from Williamsburg and the Lower East Side (There are exceptions, of course. I'm generalizing). Second, they're nice to look at. And finally, I feel like they don't force themselves on me... If they're judging me, they're doing it quietly enough.
I live in Astoria, which has the second-highest population of Greeks in the world, after Greece. Now, I hardly interact with the Greeks at all... I go to a Greek dry-cleaner... I eat at a Greek diner... And I sometimes buy their pastries. But I don't know a whole lot about their culture, don't speak the language, and don't understand why they love feta cheese so much... But we co-exist without any problems.
What I'm saying is, Hipsters are like Greek people with less feta cheese and better bars and restaurants. I get along just fine with the Greeks, so I don't see why I should have any problem living amongst the hip.
And without further ado, take 8 minutes of your time to watch this video about the Hipster Olympics. It's hilarious.
Full disclosure: I am currently wearing a tee-shirt from a 5th-grade "Telescope Telethon". I've never been to any kind of telethon, let alone a telescope telethon, which I guess would make this an ironic tee-shirt.
