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Spike89

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71. Except for the bra and makeup part, I'm with you

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 12:10 PM

Aug 2013

I did go once, it isn't my thing. I'm aligned pretty much with the "hippy philosophy" I suppose, but I'm not into the trappings (no tie-dye, pot, patchouli or incense. I keep my clothes on in public too (though naked/painted people watching was probably the most memorable part of my one visit to the fair).

I work about a block from the park when the farmer's and Saturday markets are and my office is smack in the middle of where they hold the annual Eugene Celebration. I get plenty of exposure to the local Eugene hippy community.

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17 Best U.S. Cities for Hippies [View all] G_j Aug 2013 OP

Just spent a long weekend in Asheville Bonx Aug 2013 #1

My niece and nephew live in Asheville, and keep bugging me to move there, too Siwsan Aug 2013 #33

lol LWolf Aug 2013 #2

Flower Adults G_j Aug 2013 #3

That's me! Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2013 #30

Honestly, the entire state of Vermont is still a hippie haven cali Aug 2013 #4

I grew up in Asheville, lived in Austin twice HillWilliam Aug 2013 #6

there's always been a big Vermont Austin connection as well as a sizeable cali Aug 2013 #14

Yay Olympia! lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #5

Truth.. opiate69 Aug 2013 #32

Holy shit, my little Montana town is on the list. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #7

Missoula is a great city. neverforget Aug 2013 #29

I used to live in Portland, and I plan on moving there again in about one year. ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #31

I visited Missoula once marlakay Aug 2013 #53

"the best cities for hippies with money" it should say re: Asheville NightWatcher Aug 2013 #8

Agreed. I'm surprised Telluride didn't make the list aikoaiko Aug 2013 #13

We used to take our little boys there MuseRider Aug 2013 #28

Me too, In the late 80s I would hang there in the summer aikoaiko Aug 2013 #41

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+100 WI_DEM Aug 2013 #18

Hey wait a second G_j Aug 2013 #25

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Now I know why people keep saying I should move to Eugene. bunnies Aug 2013 #9

What? No Santa Cruz? OffWithTheirHeads Aug 2013 #10

We spent our honeymoon ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #11

Austin is beyond hippie -- cool funk, weird. ananda Aug 2013 #12

I am sure I'll get grief for this observation Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #15

*cough*Oakland*cough KamaAina Aug 2013 #20

Oakland isn't. Berkeley isn't. Austin isn't. SF isn't. cali Aug 2013 #22

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Commonalities burnodo Aug 2013 #16

Actually CSU Humboldt n2doc Aug 2013 #36

I went to HSU too XemaSab Aug 2013 #64

Kick, Rec. NT Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #17

Let me get this out of the way: Obligatory Hippie Bashing Post Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #19

You forgot "Dirty hippie." Brigid Aug 2013 #48

I hate tie dye blah blah wear a suit Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #49

Pahoa, HI KamaAina Aug 2013 #21

Still quite a few in Hana. cali Aug 2013 #23

Yay! I live in between Portland and Olympia. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #24

Yeah, but... opiate69 Aug 2013 #38

When I visited Bisbee, a female artist exclaimed to me "people don't get divorced in Bisbee, adirondacker Aug 2013 #26

I can't believe Madison WI isn't included. snacker Aug 2013 #27

Maybe folks getting arrested for singing Kumbaya at the Capitol knocked it down-list. HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #42

That's so 3 years ago� Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #52

Berea KY? I had no idea. maxsolomon Aug 2013 #34

I think it might not be obvious unless you know people that live or go to school there or TheKentuckian Aug 2013 #47

Not shocked to see Asheville on the list (big fat DUH from this NC girl) Butterbean Aug 2013 #35

Woodstock, NY hard to top cynannmarie Aug 2013 #37

Raised and living in Eugene Spike89 Aug 2013 #39

And each year the Country Fair in Veneta just west of Eugene is hippyville ground zero... cascadiance Aug 2013 #51

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love to go to austin but it`s in texas. madrchsod Aug 2013 #43

Great thread Champion Jack Aug 2013 #44

I grew up about 40 miles from Eugene, in the middle of the Cascade Mountains....in the 60's. mick063 Aug 2013 #45

Could be my family, with a huge exception Spike89 Aug 2013 #57

Cool mick063 Aug 2013 #60

Certainly! One of the prettiest places anywhere! Spike89 Aug 2013 #69

great thread, a shame that Orlando is not on that list steve2470 Aug 2013 #46

Proud to say the Northwest has 3 of the top 5, and the left coast from Frisco north Zorra Aug 2013 #50

My kids are in Olympia, but they're geeks, not hippies starroute Aug 2013 #54

Also, what about Northampton? starroute Aug 2013 #55

I've lived in three of them. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #56

That's funny...I've met NO real self-identified hippies Spike89 Aug 2013 #65

I know a lot of people that go to the Country Fair but I've never been. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #67

Except for the bra and makeup part, I'm with you Spike89 Aug 2013 #71

Gotta admit, hippies have some pretty good taste. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #58

Royal Oak, MI michreject Aug 2013 #59

"tie-dye availability" CrispyQ Aug 2013 #61

Portland...where the young go to retire. NM_Birder Aug 2013 #62

I live over an hour away... typeviic Aug 2013 #63

"Hippies" haven't existed since the late 1960s. duffyduff Aug 2013 #66

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