In Your Face, Williamsburg: Regional Reactions to Forbes’ Hipster Neighborhoods List
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Wicker Park, Chicago
Hold onto your hats! Did you know there are hipsters in Wicker Park? Whoa. Shocking! … It’s not that they’re wrong. Wicker Park is all of these things. … But there’s a disconnect in Wicker Park: It’s no longer affordable for the stereotype of a struggling young artist. Nice try, Forbes, but you missed the mark by a few years.” — Chicagoist
“Many like to focus on the negatives (which every urban neighborhood has) and the fact that gentrification has run rampant. … The people who live in Wicker Park are just so incredibly cool and tolerant. Try walking down Milwaukee Avenue sporting a green tutu, purple mohawk and high tops. Bet ya $100 no one even notices. Open minds and tolerance also run rampant here. … [We] love seeing Wicker Park getting the recognition it deserves… finally. A little late? Sure. But you know the old saying… better late than never.”— <a href=”http://www.wickerparkbucktown.info/content-arts/wicker-park-top-5-hippest-hipster-neighborhoods
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