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A missive from North Park’s “super sketchballs” quarter
North Park at sunset
Dear Hipster:
My wife and I are stoked to be first-time homeowners in North Park. We had a housewarming party the other day, and a few friends of ours were saying how our part of the neighborhood “used to be super sketchballs” and other things to that effect, but that it was “all hipster gentrified” now. I tend to think people just say that as a self-congratulatory way of taking credit for being OG neighborhood characters, but I also can’t help but think how, if it’s really true, isn’t it kind of a good thing?
— Dave
Congratulations on your new home. Let me be the first to point out that the Economist (yeah, that’s right, the Economist!) finally has my back on this thorny issue. I’ve long said that hipster gentrification, such as people find in certain local neighborhoods, produces more good than evil. The old “blame the hipsters for displacing the historical whomever” argument holds less water than a handcrafted pour-over setup, and the fact remains that an order of magnitude more stuff is going on when there are crowds of socially conscious, entrepreneurial, and artistically motivated people taking a vested interest in their locales. The poo-pooers can quit blaming hipsters for “ruining” neighborhoods, usually as their hypocritical mouths chew innovative cuisine and slurp $12 cocktails.
Here's something you might be interested in.
A missive from North Park’s “super sketchballs” quarter
A missive from North Park’s “super sketchballs” quarter
North Park at sunset
Dear Hipster:
My wife and I are stoked to be first-time homeowners in North Park. We had a housewarming party the other day, and a few friends of ours were saying how our part of the neighborhood “used to be super sketchballs” and other things to that effect, but that it was “all hipster gentrified” now. I tend to think people just say that as a self-congratulatory way of taking credit for being OG neighborhood characters, but I also can’t help but think how, if it’s really true, isn’t it kind of a good thing?
— Dave
Congratulations on your new home. Let me be the first to point out that the Economist (yeah, that’s right, the Economist!) finally has my back on this thorny issue. I’ve long said that hipster gentrification, such as people find in certain local neighborhoods, produces more good than evil. The old “blame the hipsters for displacing the historical whomever” argument holds less water than a handcrafted pour-over setup, and the fact remains that an order of magnitude more stuff is going on when there are crowds of socially conscious, entrepreneurial, and artistically motivated people taking a vested interest in their locales. The poo-pooers can quit blaming hipsters for “ruining” neighborhoods, usually as their hypocritical mouths chew innovative cuisine and slurp $12 cocktails.
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