17 Best U.S. Cities for Hippies

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39. Raised and living in Eugene

I've lived up and down the I-5 corridor and Eugene doesn't just have a hippy side, the undercarriage, frame, and accessories are full hippy. I lived in S.F., Oakland (and a few other Bay communities) as well as S. California (Newport Beach) and all around Portland. Even in Portland, a mere 100 miles up the road, you can pretty easily ignore the hippy community without dropping out of the entire social scene.
In Eugene it just isn't possible. Not everyone is a hippy of course, but pretty much everyone and everything is influenced by the "hippy vibe". It's home and most of us don't promote or downplay the counterculture nature--it's just the way things are here.