Mapping The Hipster Hotspot Apocalypse

On Apr Fools Day Trulia released a handy interactive map called Hipsters Apocalypse. To practise this heatmap of Hipster hangouts Trulia has used all their local cognition to exhibit where all the overpriced barbershops, dive bars as well as nutrient trucks are concentrated.

The Trulia Blog has embedded 10 maps of US of America cities where they country Hipsters are close abundant. However the map seems to operate inwards close US of America towns as well as cities, Just role the search bar to middle the map on your location.


Another slow agency to detect venues frequented past times hipsters is past times using the Yelp Wordmap.

The Yelp Wordmap is a serial of heatmaps of mutual words used inwards Yelp reviews. One of those words simply happens to hold upwards 'hipster'. If you lot pick out 'hipster' from the available words inwards the map sidebar as well as hence pick out a metropolis (from a selection of fourteen cities worldwide) you lot tin stance a heatmap of the hipster hangouts inwards your town.

 It is besides possible to stance heatmaps for other words used inwards Yelp reviews. The words are unlike for each city, which presumably reflects the geographical popularity of for sure words inwards Yelp reviews.


If you lot alive inwards the Australian metropolis of Melbourne you lot besides convey access to an interactive map which tin exhibit you lot all the best hipster hangouts. The Hipster Map of Melbourne is a handy conduct to venues that are pop alongside the skinny jeans crowd.

It's actually upwards to you lot whether role the map equally a conduct of venues to see inwards Melbourne or whether you lot role it to detect places to avoid.