and also...the rumour that someone pulled the emergency brake is false. the train "ran out of power" they didnt have enough power to get us to bedford avenue. (as was the MTA's official declaration) finally our "emergency subway" rolled up behind us and we all had to get out and ride this new train back to 1st avenue.

I was on the stalled train - and im so frustrated with the lack of communication by the MTA to tell us what was going on or what they intended to do to get us out of there. it really sucked.

I got off the G at Lorimer (which is a hell ride unto itself) only to hear "No L train service". I take the L to the last stop. There was no other instruction or indication of what the problem was, just a "No service on the L line".I took the G further into Brooklyn, got off at Hoyt and then walked over to Nevins for the 2. Then caught a bus. Ugh.

Lucky I missed taking the L last night--instead biked to/from work.....Got that rider report card today. Gonna say something about needing more trains, etc....

"Leave NY to the NY natives"

I see. So NYC should force out everyone who actually made a conscious decision to move here from elsewhere in the US, and leave the city to the bitter, complaining natives who don't like it here, but are too lazy to go someplace else?

Ingenious!

this is the most retarded argument I've ever seen

There are exactly 8 hipsters in the two cobined photos. The two girls in the back, that one fella with the yella shirt, and the group of Jainists up front eating ice cream.

The rest, as they say, are extras.

wannabe Lenape Indian!!!..im impressed that you managed to open a history book...see if you can search for someone who "Cares"!

My commute home on the Q late at night is always a flippin nightmare! It takes forever for the train to show up and then stops at pacific where everyone has to go down to the boiling Atlantic platform and wait another half hour for the train to brooklyn.

But I guess the working class Q train riders get no respect. The Q only goes through 2 or 3 hip neighborhoods and those people never take the Q home late at night. We suffer in silence.

I'm sure the Lenape Indians were also shaking their fists at those pesky hipsters they had to deal with in 1626. If anyone thinks they have the "right" to live here you're hilarious!!

all you frustrated hipster posers...you contribute nothing to NY culture...your not the beat generation...your wannabes who imitate not create!!..move back to middle america and have your 4 white trash kids already!

Well, you're reading Gothamist, so if you're not a hipster, you're probably... a yuppie! Maybe I've just stumbled upon the origin of all the hipster-hate. You guys are trying to take the heat off the yuppies! Sneaky, sneaky!

midtown moper wins this post!

if you don't know what a hipster is, read this blog.

No.

Could someone identify the super-hot trends these so-called hipsters are following? Dressing in thrift store clothes is nothing new, and a lot of the bands that play at McCarren pool (for example) have been around for years.

Could it be that these people have just built a community around things they actually like? Is it their fault that they're often closely tailed by marketers and yuppies in search of cheap, chic neighborhoods? Why don't you guys just lay off?

I took the L home at 7:30, and I walked home. I didn't even know there were shuttle busses, the announcements were so garbled.

My walk wasn't far - I feel bad for the people who normally take it to Canarsie.

I hate hipsters, too.

they raise the rent up wherever they go.

molon labe

People who bitch about hipsters are hipsters themselves.

Ignore these 20 something trend following kids who generally are aimless and working crappy retail jobs. It makes them go away.

okay, but seriously, i really hate hipsters.

and the L train. . man. what a doozey that is.

but i hate hipsters.

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I've been out to New Lots more than my fair share of times and it's really not all that edgy. Mostly residential. Never felt threatened or intimidated.

Maybe if you could elaborate on what "urban edgy" means for you?