Community Corner
The World According to Yelp: Echo Park, Silver Lake Are Red-Hot Hipster Hangouts
The Internet ratings and reviews service creates a heat map of hipster spots in 14 cities, including Los Angeles.
This story was written by Ajay Singh
It’s “official”—Echo Park and Silver Lake are red-hot hipster hangouts, at least according to Yelp.
The Internet ratings and reviews service has created a heat map of hipster spots in 14 cities, including Los Angeles, based on how frequently keywords such as “hipster,” “yuppie” and “pricey” appear on Yelp’s data-visualizing “Wordmap.” (Besides yuppie hotspots, the heat map features areas based on a total of 17 words—other include “cocktails,” “hangover” and “parking.”)According to Yelp’s hipster heat map, hipsters are densest in Echo Park and Silver Lake, where, incidentally, much of the “hangovers” are also clustered.
Find out what's happening in Echo Park-Silver Lakewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
And that's good news to some in nearby Highland Park, according to the HLP90042 blog, which The Eastsider L.A. credits with the following tweet:
Oh good. Highland Park barely registers when compared to Echo Park and Silver Lake.
Find out what's happening in Echo Park-Silver Lakewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here
