Williamsburg and Bushwick are two neighborhoods in Brooklyn, N.Y. that are known for particularly attracting a hipster crowd. Think fancy coffee shops, a unique art scene, and a flourishing indie music presence.
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So what are the Williamsburgs and Bushwicks of your city?
Gawker recently posed this question to its commenters and was able to compile a list of many of the hippest neighborhoods around the country and a few from around the world.
From Gawker:
The Williamsburg of is (and its Bushwick is) Albany, N.Y. Center Square Anchorage, Alaska Spenard Athens, Ga. Normaltown Atlanta, Ga. East Atlanta, Little Five Points (tie) East Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward (tie) Austin, Texas East Side East Side Baltimore, Md. Hampden Station North Birmingham, Ala. Avondale Boston, Mass. Jamaica Plain Roslindale, Somerville (tie) Boulder, Colo. Boulder Buffalo, N.Y. Elmwood Allentown Burbank, Cali. Magnolia Park San Fernando Blvd. Burlington, Vt. Pine Street Old North End Charleston, S.C. Park Circle Charlotte, N.C. NoDa, Plaza Midwood (tie) NoDa, Plaza Midwood (tie) Chicago, Ill. Wicker Park Pilsen Cincinnati, Ohio Northside, Over-the-Rhine (tie) Clifton, Northside (tie) Cleveland, Ohio Tremont Gordon Square, Ohio City (tie) Columbus, Ohio Clintonville, German Village (tie) Olde Towne East Dallas, Texas Oak Cliff Deep Ellum Washington, D.C. H Street Petworth Denver, Colo. Highlands Baker, Capitol Hill (tie) Detroit, Mich. Corktown, Midtown (tie) Hamtramck Edmonton, Alb. Garneau/Whyte Fort Worth, Texas Fairmount Gainesville, Fla. Ducktown Harrisburg, Pa. Downtown, Midtown (tie) Honolulu, Hawaii Kakaako Houston, Texas Montrose The Heights Hudson, N.Y. Warren St. Indianapolis, Ind. Fountain Square Fountain Square Kansas City, Mo. Westport Knoxville, Tenn. Happy Holler Los Angeles, Cali. Silver Lake Echo Park Las Vegas, Nev. Fremont St. Arts District Lincoln, Neb. Haymarket Louisville, Ky. Highlands Germantown Madison, Wisc. Williamson St. Memphis, Tenn. Cooper-Young, Overton Square, South Main (tie) Miami, Fla. Wynwood Little Haiti Milwaukee, Wisc. East Side Bay View Minneapolis, Minn. Uptown Northeast, Uptown, North Loop (tie) Montreal, Qué. Mile End Mile End Nashville, Tenn. East Nashville Inglewood, the Nations (tie) New Haven, Conn. East Rock Westville New Orleans, La. Marigny Bywater Norfolk, Va. Ghent Oakland, Cali. Piedmont, San Francisco (tie) Fruitvale Oklahoma City, Okla. Paseo District Orlando, Fla. Thornton Park Ottawa, Ont. Centretown, Hintonburg (tie) Hintonburg Pensacola, Fla. Seville Square Philadelphia, Pa. Northern Liberties Fishtown Phoenix, Ariz. Roosevelt Row Downtown Pittsburgh, Pa. Lawrenceville Bloomfield Portland, Me. Munjoy Hill, West End, East End, Biddeford (tie) Mid City Portland, Ore. “The Williamsburg of Portland is Portland” North Portland Providence, R.I. West End Olneyville Raleigh, N.C. Boylan Heights, Carrboro (tie) Mordecai Reno, Nev. Downtown Richmond, Va. The Fan Oregon Hill Salt Lake City, Utah The Avenues, Sugar House (tie) San Diego, Cali. North Park City Heights San Francisco, Cali. Mission Hunter’s Point, Oakland (tie) San Jose, Cali. Japantown Saskatoon, Sask. Nutana, Riversdale (tie) Broadway Seattle, Wash. Capitol Hill Central District St. Louis, Mo. Central West End, the Grove (tie) The Grove St. Paul, Minn. Lowertown Tampa, Fla. SoHo/Hyde Park, Ybor City, Seminole Heights (tie) Toronto, Ont. West Queen West The Junction, Roncesvalles (tie) Tucson, Ariz. Fourth Ave. Lost Barrio Tulsa, Okla. Blue Dome/Arts districts Pearl District Vancouver, B.C. Gastown, Strathcona, Yaletown (tie) The Drive Barcelona, Spain Born Gracia Berlin, Germany Kreutzberg Budapest, Hungary Goszdu Udvar Cambridge, U.K. Mill Rd. Cape Town, South Africa Woodstock Copenhagen, Denmark Norrebro, Vesterbro (tie) Norrebro Dublin, Ireland Stoneybatter Camden St. Hong Kong, China Sheung Wan Krakow, Poland Kazimierz London, U.K. Dalston Brixton, Peckham (tie) Melbourne, Australia North Fitzroy Northcote Mexico City, Mexico Condesa Roma Paris, France Oberkampf Belleville