[wallacrw]

LOL nearly everyone. The term has negative connotations but technically it refers to "a person who follows the latest trends and fashions."

Traditionalists, people with bad taste, or generally uncurious folks don't motivate large amounts of people to change behavior. But large groups of young people trying new things and inventing new experiences do.

SF, NYC, LA, even Miami real estate booms are all because of hipsters. Young creative people make the place interesting, then richer but more boring people crash the party and bid up prices. It gets too expensive for young creatives eventually so they leave, and then the cycle repeats.

Geography on its own isn't enough. NYC was a disaster in the 70s; only when the young people started moving back did it become desirable, hence valuable.

So you need hipsters. Without them, the place you live is just a boring bedroom community. Could be anywhere, likely not valuable.

[masonic]

>"a person who follows the latest trends and fashions."

In other words, a person who doesn't think for him/herself. We have plenty of those. They are welcome to stay where they are.