10 Best Travel Cities for Hipsters

10 Best Cities for Hipsters

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If you're a hipster, chances are you like traveling to places with great microbrews, bike-friendly streets and paths as well as an awesome music scene. Rent.com did the hard part for you by picking the best cities to live and visit as a hipster. Curious to see if your favorite city made the list?

San Francisco, California

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San Francisco is easily one of the most expensive cities in which to live in America, but with the rise in tech companies, the younger crowd, like millennials, have transformed it into a hipster paradise. With grungy local dives and rustic coffee shops, photo-worthy streets at impossible inclines and a great indie music scene, San Fran is a great place for hipsters to enjoy.

Madison, Wisconsin

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The capital of Wisconsin is known for its wild party university, but for those of more refined tastes, it has no lack of culture and stands out in terms of potential for outdoor activities. Here, in the land of beer and cheese, even the pickiest of hipsters can find the microbrew of their liking.

Portland, Oregon

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Portland is one of America's original "hipster cities" because of its long-standing tradition of local breweries, grungy music scene and readily available outdoor adventures, which have already drawn hipsters to the area. It's also a great place to bike to work, if you don't mind the cold and rain. But hey, that's what the fedora is for, right?

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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This small Michigan city features ample water activities thanks to the Huron River, as well as great festivals and year-round events that bring people together. It also has a great number of coffee shops per capita, as well as plenty of fun music and party venues typical of a university town.

Washington, D.C.

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The nation's capital may not seem like a hipster city at first glance, but beneath its veneer of fiery politics lies a hipster charm, with a great history, culture and arts scene. It also offers outdoor activities all-year round, so you can rock those ironic Hawaiian shirts in the summer and grow out that handlebar mustache/beard combo in the winter.

Berkeley, California

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Berkely may be another of these pricey hipster cities to live in, but that doesn't mean you can't visit it, right? This university town, once home to some of the first hippies in the sixties, exudes eclectism and is one of the best cities in the nation for small businesses.

Fort Collins, Colorado

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The historic city of Fort Collins features photo-worthy buildings from the 1800s, perfect for upcycling into local businesses. Speaking of local businesses, the area boasts 20 breweries and features charming town addition like a trolley car.

Tempe, Arizona

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Just outside of Phoenix lies the perfect millennial paradise: Tempe. With the lowest cost of living on this list, ample vintage shops and fun eateries, as well as Tempe Town Lake, hipsters will find plenty to do in this desert city, even if they can wear their vintage leather jackets only two months out of the year.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Probably the coldest city on this list, Minneapolis, Minnesota is a great place to live for any outdoor adventure lover because of its close proximity to plenty of lakes, forests and of course, the Mississippi River. Besides the outdoor activities, this city is home to a great arts scene, ample record shops and great local coffee shops, so hipsters won't ever be bored.

Seattle, Washington

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The country's best city for hipsters is also the nation's coffee capital: Seattle, Washington. It's great for biking to work (if you don't mind its penchant for drizzling) and it isn't the most unreasonably priced place to live, either.

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Lacey Pfalz

Lacey Pfalz

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Lacey Pfalz is Associate Editor at TravelPulse. She's a passionate advocate of responsible travel and believes the best travel experiences happen outside of a planned itinerary. Lacey currently lives in rural Wisconsin. She can be reached at [email protected].

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