<p>Are there any scholarly commentaries on the origin and development of the Hipster?!</p>
<p>If we find out where they come from, can we send them back? :)</p>
<p>They’ve always existed in one form or another.</p>
<p>They’ve existed for a while. You could probably trace it back to the beatnik movement.</p>
<p>you’ve probably never heard of it…</p>
<p>I’ve heard of the beatnik movement… Sort of… </p>
<p>Has anyone actually studied it? I’m looking for some analysis of the subculture.</p>
<p>[Society:</a> Hipster Subculture Ripe for Parody - TIME](<a href=“http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1913220,00.html]Society:”>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1913220,00.html)</p>
<p>[How</a> to Act Like a Rock Music Buff](<a href=“http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring09/wise_a/history.html]How”>http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring09/wise_a/history.html)</p>
<p>Awesome stuff</p>
<p>Mine was a joke. lol I failed</p>
<p>They came from Asheville. They’ve been there for like 20 years and are now just starting to migrate.</p>
<p>As a citizen of North Carolina, I apologize to the rest of the world for what we have loosed upon you.</p>
<p>Ah hipsters <em>sigh</em>
I live in Nashville. Quite the happy habitat for a hipster, which is evident by the mass populations of them.</p>
<p>hip-parents?</p>
<p>well, there used to be hippies…from them?</p>
<p>“how is hipster formed” :)</p>