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In reply to the discussion: 17 Best U.S. Cities for Hippies [View all]burnodo
(2,017 posts)16. Commonalities
17ARCATA, CA - UC Humboldt State
16BLOOMINGTON, IN - Indiana U
15SAN FRANCISCO, CA - UCSF and others
14MANITOU SPRINGS, CO - U Colorado Colorado Springs
13BEREA, KY - Berea College, others
12OAKLAND, CA - UC Berkeley, others
11MISSOULA, MT - U Montana
10BISBEE, AZ - U Arizona South
9AUSTIN, TX - U Texas
8BERKELEY, CA - UC Berkeley
7ITHACA, NY - Cornell, others
6BURLINGTON, VT - U Vermont
5PORTLAND, OR - U Oregon, Portland, others
4BOULDER, CO - U Colorado
3ASHEVILLE, NC - UNC
2OLYMPIA, WA - Evergreen College, others
1EUGENE, OR - U Oregon
Hippies and higher education go hand in hand
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I used to live in Portland, and I plan on moving there again in about one year.
ZombieHorde
Aug 2013
#31
When I visited Bisbee, a female artist exclaimed to me "people don't get divorced in Bisbee,
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#26
Maybe folks getting arrested for singing Kumbaya at the Capitol knocked it down-list.
HereSince1628
Aug 2013
#42
I think it might not be obvious unless you know people that live or go to school there or
TheKentuckian
Aug 2013
#47
And each year the Country Fair in Veneta just west of Eugene is hippyville ground zero...
cascadiance
Aug 2013
#51
I grew up about 40 miles from Eugene, in the middle of the Cascade Mountains....in the 60's.
mick063
Aug 2013
#45