Frederick is hipster central in Maryland

fidelity · Aug 4, 2015

the downtown area apparently ... according to Yahoo ...

Where the Hipsters Are: the Brooklyn of Every State

Maryland
Downtown (Frederick)

I grew up about 15 minutes outside downtown Frederick, and if you had told me that place was hip 10 years ago, I’d kindly point you to the local headlines about monkey rodeos. But when a friend of mine from the Eastern Shore suggested it might be the Brooklyn of the state, it made a shocking amount of sense. Local hero Bryan Voltaggio seriously upgraded the dining scene with Volt in 2008. Cafe Nola, an organic breakfast spot that also throws late-night dance parties, opened the year prior. Now, the 'hood has independent bookstores like Curious Iguana, a specialty tea shop with 300 varieties, and multiple yoga studios. Plus the not-at-all-cool Civil War Medicine Museum, for ironic afternoon pilgrimages.

Have to admit that I do dine and drink at Nola every so often.

swinokur · Aug 4, 2015

where can you buy a can of Skoal now?

geez.

AssMan · Aug 4, 2015

Quit going to Nola and riding my bike downtown because of those damn hipsters.

Now git off my lawn

virtus · Aug 4, 2015

Hampden > Frederick .....when considering hipster concentration

Overboost44 · Aug 4, 2015

swinokur said:
where can you buy a can of Skoal now?

geez.

You have to go to Hagerstown now.

DC-W · Aug 4, 2015

rparke4 said:
Hampden > Frederick .....when considering hipster concentration

This.

I call ******** on yahoo. Hampden is thick with skinny jeans, mustaches, irony, and bikes.

nedsurf · Aug 4, 2015

snallygaster said:
Quit going to Nola and riding my bike downtown because of those damn hipsters.

Its not the CBD they hive in, it is the Bywater and Marginy areas. St. Claude out by Elysian Fields has all the hipster establishments.

rparke4 said:
Hampden > Frederick .....when considering hipster concentration

Most definitely!

clandestine · Aug 4, 2015

I really hate hipsters.

DaemonAssassin · Aug 4, 2015

clandestine said:
I really hate hipsters.

They are almost as bad as hippies.

Here in Fredneck County, it is much less hipster-ish, thank god. I generally avoid Downtown Frederick, because of the hipsters and the gentrification, that has destroyed the town.

BradMacc82 · Aug 4, 2015

clandestine said:
I really hate hipsters.

Skinny jeans on a (alleged) male leads to a very irrational and aggressive line of comments from me, so you are not alone in your hate of hipsters.

fidelity · Aug 4, 2015

snallygaster said:
Quit going to Nola and riding my bike downtown because of those damn hipsters.
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DaemonAssassin said:
They are almost as bad as hippies.

Here in Fredneck County, it is much less hipster-ish, thank god. I generally avoid Downtown Frederick, because of the hipsters and the gentrification, that has destroyed the town.

I wear my gun shirts in Nola with friends (who might sport a similarly-themed cap). We always get polite service. They probably view us as firearms poseurs. After all, hipsters starting dressing in as lumberjack types for a few years now seeking some sort of false authenticity, so maybe they view it as a logical evolution.

DaemonAssassin · Aug 4, 2015

fidelity said:
I wear my gun shirts in Nola with friends (who might sport a similarly-themed cap). We always get polite service. They probably view us as firearms poseurs. After all, hipsters starting dressing in as lumberjack types for a few years now seeking some sort of false authenticity, so maybe they view it as a logical evolution.

I guess if I ever go in there, I'll rock a firearms company shirt and hat , just to see how it turns out.

fidelity · Aug 4, 2015

DaemonAssassin said:
I guess if I ever go in there, I'll rock a firearms company shirt and hat , just to see how it turns out.

I'll take you out for lunch and a beer one day guy. :thumbsup:

Gunrunners is down the same street of course. I like the Thai place near Nola, and apparently the new (rotating) Asian place above isn't bad either (according to work colleagues originally from Asia).

DaemonAssassin · Aug 4, 2015

fidelity said:
I'll take you out for lunch and a beer one day guy.

Gunrunners is down the same street of course. I like the Thai place near Nola, and apparently the new (rotating) Asian place above isn't bad either (according to work colleagues originally from Asia).

Sweet! I'll keep you posted on my schedule.

I love some good Thai.

AssMan · Aug 4, 2015

Just ate at Brewers. Haven't been there in a while.

Thai place is decent. The Extended Stay near Westview is a freaking dump. Feels weird staying in a hotel in my hometown.

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Vile Shadow · Aug 5, 2015

fidelity said:
I wear my gun shirts in Nola with friends (who might sport a similarly-themed cap). We always get polite service. They probably view us as firearms poseurs. After all, hipsters starting dressing in as lumberjack types for a few years now seeking some sort of false authenticity, so maybe they view it as a logical evolution.

The wannabes are easy to spot.

One nice thing about visiting hipster hangouts is I'm always the manliest man around, and it's easy to remind the skinny little twats of their insignificance.

Bountied · Aug 6, 2015

No more Fredneck? What will it be called now if it's full of hipsters?

K31 · Aug 6, 2015

What happened to the Frederick I knew where the first storefront that greeted you advertised guns and beer?

llkoolkeg · Aug 6, 2015

I work right on the Carroll Creek stampcrete/paver promenade that is hipster heaven and if you want to do some hilarious people-watching, drop by the "Live at Five" outdoor concerts that have been going on every Thursday evening, e.g. the skinny old hipster dancing the funky chicken in a t-shirt that says "I have the courage to walk a mile in her shoes" complete with boiled chicken man-feet stuffed into fvck-me pumps. :sad20:

If you do stop by, I'm the dude in the grubby work-out sweats and wry smile standing on the bridge surveying the scene...come say "hi" and commiserate with me. The only thing worse in the downtown area than the hipsters is the human refuse congregated all the livelong day on the MarketxCarroll Creek planter wall across from the fire station. My "quote of the week" from one of them? "Can I have some money for gas? I am working under the table on unemployment and need to get to the job later today." :mad54:

Maverick0313 · Aug 6, 2015

Have a friend that lives here - sent it to him. :-) Thanks!

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