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America's Best Cities for Hipsters

As ranked by Travel + Leisure in perhaps the most asinine ranking system ever.

They used: Live music (you, know anything from the orchestra to cover bands to major music venues), coffee bars, independent boutiques, microbrews, offbeat-ness, and tech savviness. 

Yes, Philadelphia has “old-fashioned diversions,” but an abundance of theatre and classical music is not what makes Philadelphia hipstered.

Yes, San Juan (Puerto Rico) may have a lot of flea markets, street food vendors, and iphones, but that does not make it hipstered.

Portland, Maine? I do not recall seeing a single hipster among the people I saw who like good coffee and good beer last summer. And offbeat? It’s because they’re in the middle of nowhere. Independent boutiques - yes, because it’s a tourist trap and it’s too small to support many chains. And the live music is cover bands.

And NYC was #12. Brooklyn?

Please.

You might actually want to travel to these cities before you put them on your hipster list. iphones alone does not hipstered make.