When Hipsters Invade ...

Alex

Call it the sign of times. Years ago, neighborhoods across the United States were changed by the influx of immigrants. Now, the cultural war still rages on ... and the horde that's doing the invading are ... a bit unusual.

Here's what happened when a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, is being gentrified by hipsters:

In the above video, Miesko Kalita, an immigrant from Poland describes how his neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, once inhabited by Polish and Latino immigrants, was overtaken by "people who consider themselves artists." Cut to skinny kids with scarves and asymmetrical bangs.

Some, like Kalita, attribute these hip migrations to re-zoning laws which have made it more expensive to live in parts of Brooklyn.

Kalita says there have been lots of "artistic happenings" and "strange haircuts" since these newcomers arrived. Once undocumented himself, Kalita concludes that, "They're definitely not illegal immigrants."

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See also: I Blame Hipsters T-Shirt from the NeatoShop


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It makes me so mad that these americans have the nerve to live in american neighbourhoods. Neighbourhoods should stay segregated into tiny cultural districts full of people who've never travelled three blocks to the east.

These neighbourhoods will move somewhere else. Get over it. Change isn't good, and it isn't bad, but it is inevitable.
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The headline made me hope the video clip would show hipsters invading the deli getting wailed on with a kielbasi. I'm so disappointed.
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Rap is dumb-dumb music; no self-respecting Klingon would listen to it. Impostor! And Eminem sounds better with a roll of dutch tape around his mouth.
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Most hip hop music is just misunderstood, glen. There are plenty of artists out there who correctly represent the hip hop culture, for example: De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Anticon, The Pharcyde, etc. I will warn you that if you just don't like the tone, beats, sound of ethnic music you really wont like hip hop in general, however that would make you a typical bigot.
Also, it's spelled duct tape.
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Amazing...!

...But what a waste of talent.... - With such capabilities, this guy could be an ultimate multilinguist if there ever was one instead of squandering his abilities on rapping in a fake language...
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Foreigner1 , how do you know he is wasting a linguistic gift? That seems presumptuous. For all you know he also speaks fluent Romulan, Vulcan and Qlargian.
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So what? He's translated "songs" into another language, people have been doing that for centuries. It's not a talent really, is it? It really doesn't matter that it's an invented language rather than an evolved one.
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ddrt:
'I will warn you that if you just don’t like the tone, beats, sound of ethnic music you really wont like hip hop in general, however that would make you a typical bigot.'

Are you serious? So if I don't like classical music does that make me bigoted against white Europeans? What a stupid statement.
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I like neither Na'vi nor Klingon, as the future global language. Especially when you have to dress up for it :D

We also need a future international language. One which is easy to learn, as well !

And that's not English ! Esperanto ? Let's move forward :)

At least Bill Shatner speaks Esperanto. Please confirm at http//www.lernu.net
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