Williamsburg Hipsters Aren't All Rich Kids After All
New York Magazine pops The Times’ bubble about the real demographic reality of Williamsburg. Despite the fact that its most visible residents make easy targets with their skinny jeans and facial hair, Williamsburg is in fact no hotbed of trustfunddom. In fact, Williamsburg’s residents are by and large in worse financial shape than most New…
New York Magazine pops The Times’ bubble about the real demographic reality of Williamsburg. Despite the fact that its most visible residents make easy targets with their skinny jeans and facial hair, Williamsburg is in fact no hotbed of trustfunddom. In fact, Williamsburg’s residents are by and large in worse financial shape than most New Yorkers. In 2005, for example, almost half of those living within the bounds of Community Board 1 were getting some kind of social assistance and the area’s median income is almost 20 less than the city as a whole; less than 3 percent of households were bringing in over $200,000 a year. Concludes the New York article, “The reality of Williamsburg, beyond the mythical trust-funders, is that it is a community of people mostly struggling to get by, with a few wealthy residents grabbing headlines — the way New York has always been.”
Beyond Hipsters: Williamsburg’s Tough Economic Realities [New York]
Parental Lifelines, Frayed to Breaking [NY Times]
Dose of Reality for Trust Fund Kids [Brownstoner]
Photo by Eric Graham
Unfortunately, brands like PBR and Black Label were sold to larger breweries when the original brewers shut down. So the current beers are made by different brewers, to a different recipe. Only the label is the same.
Not that it’s really a great loss. The truth is that stuff wasn’t really any good back in the 1980s, but it did fit a high school kid’s budget. Although I was partial to Colt 45, Schlitz Malt Liquor (the BULL!) and when I was really trying to get wasted on the cheap, the true rotgut malt liquors like Coqui 900 and Country Club.
Black Label! I remember that from college. How retro 80s.
“The beer distributor is gone?”
Nah – it’s still there. A few places opened up on Graham, a few steps down from Meeker (across from R Bar) – There’s also a place in the process of being renovated on the corners of Meeker, Withers and Lorimer. I’ve also seen a few of those community notices of places along Meeker that are applying for a liquor license with the CB.
The term “hipster” became completely irrelevant and out of the meme pool at LEAST 5 years ago. There are NO “hipsters” in Williamsburg any more. And just because “hipsters” are not ~trust fund~kids does not mean that the majority of these people aren’t completely bankrolled by Mom and Dad. I also question their data and how they confirmed the financial status of these, um…”hipsters”.
And since we’re on the subject, why does anyone care any more?
The beer distributor is gone?
And Sparafucile, haha. I heart you.
Yeah – there’s a few spots being renovated now on Meeker (under the BQE) – as well as a few less then a half block away. Seems like an odd location but i suppose the rents are cheap.
There are alot of empty former office spaces all along meeker.
Sorry but little confused about the new restaurant row. where is that location? Meeker Ave between Graham and Metropolitan? is that possible?
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Chassidim and Latinos, like Sparafucile said.