The World According to Yelp: No Hipsters in Eagle Rock

It’s “official”—despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, there aren’t any hipsters in Eagle Rock.

That’s the word according to Yelp, the Internet ratings and reviews service, which 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. 

The Yelp heat map appears to be handy tool for hipsters and yuppies, who tend to live different neighborhoods to begin with, ways of further avoiding each other while keeping an eye on overpriced restaurants at the same time.

Click here to view Yelp’s hipster heat map.