Bizarro Manhattan Hipsters

Alert the NY Times: hipsters exist outside of the five boroughs! Okay, so maybe it's not news, but Music Nation has a photo comparison of Manhattan, New York hipsters and Manhattan, Kansas hipsters -- can you tell them apart? Try to ignore their oddly-sized distorted visuals and test your knowledge. It seems like a trick question in some cases, as you can see on the right none of these ladies look like hipsters! Then again, what's a hipster anyway? Apparently they aren't tied down by a 11211 zip code or a pair of tight black jeans. We suppose if there's a lesson here today it's that hipsterdom knows no boundaries or borders, geographically or otherwise.

Up next: Williamsburg, Brooklyn hipsters vs. Colonial Williamsburg hipsters?

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on October 25, 2007 4:00 PM

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krylon

Next up: Miami, Florida hipsters vs. Miami, Ohio hipsters.

jammer

DAMN YOU AND YOUR HIPSTER FASCINATION.

GeneralLee

Colonial Williamsburg! Represent.

There are def hipsters from the old burg in the new burg.

d

I went to school near Colonial Williamsburg, and some of those hipsters moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Rather similar, but not many of the scenester-types you'll find in King's County these days.

Nick S

can somebody get jeff baum in here to comment on the "audacity" of manhattan hipsters??

malebranche99

¡Tranquila... por favor! What's this obsession with trying desperately to fit humans into tidy, labeled slots? There are bores in NYC and gems in Kansas and vice versa. Dress is cosmetic and until you sit an hour with anyone you can't begin to guess at who they are.

That being said, I have to agree with the Angry Pickle, walking barefoot in questionable puddles (or anywhere in a city) is a losing gamble. LOL

angry_pickle

The one of the left is cool until I noticed she is walking barefooted in a puddle of who knows what. This just reminds me of an idiot at school who used to walk barefooted even into public toilet stalls.

The ones of the right look like their faces just might melt if they stand outside in the sun.

Gwinny

I was a Colonial Williamsburg hipster when I was in college; I had a job as a naughty tavern wench at Shields Tavern.

krispayne

Midwest hate AGAIN! First with frito chili pie and now we can't move into the precious city?! WTF ellis island?

smitty

What's wrong with peopel from Kansas? Are they never allowed to leave?

People from small places move to big cities.

slappy

Chweech! PPPPweww! (big spit on the sidwalk)

This hipster "issue" reminds me of a bunch of boring squares complaining about people actually having fun and living a real life. Get one if you don't have one, and stop deriding people who want something other than a job. (Sha-na-na-na Sha-na-na-na-an Get a Job... it was ridiculed in the 50's. And its more true than ever. What makes "non or anti-hipsters" so interesting? Ask for something in your life that this stupid commodity economy can't give you. Then your talking about something real. Word.

Spirit of 76

There's a very simple definition of hipster. It's someone who thinks being hip or doing whatever's hip is the most important thing. Not to say they're successful at being hip, but it's their ultimate goal for the moment and they'll jump on any bandwagon if somebody says it's hip.

ejanoff

Of course they look exactly the same here as in Kansas because they are FROM Kansas, fresh off the proverbial boat. I can't tell the freaking difference between a tourist that has lived hear for three years and a tourist that still lives in Kansas. None of these people look hip. They all look like jerk-offs from the Midwest.

Jeanne Wilcox

why are we judging and comparing these people...i mean i guess it can be funny but who cares. i wish we could ban the word hipster from gothamist articles. it already shows up way too much in the comments. you can't possibly get more meaningless, irrelevant, and inconsequential than this...