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MAPS: Here's Where The Hipsters And The Yuppies Live In New York City

Oct 11, 2013, 22:21 IST

Yesterday we published a set of maps from a poll of New Yorkers about certain popular neighborhoods. While we couldn't include every neighborhood, we did get an excellent picture of how New Yorkers perceive their city.

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As we all know, locked in eternal battle are NYC hipsters and the yuppies they will one day become.

We asked two questions: Which neighborhoods have the most hipsters? And which have the most yuppies?

Finally, we are able to draw the turf lines of this never-ending war.

Here are the top 5 Yuppie neighborhoods, with the percent of the vote they recieved:

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  1. Upper East Side - 17%
  2. Upper West Side - 13%
  3. Park Slope, Brooklyn - 13%
  4. Tribeca - 7%
  5. Financial District - 6%

Here are the top five Hipster neighborhoods, with the percent of the vote they recieved:

  1. Williamsburg, Brooklyn - 41%
  2. Greenwich Village - 9%
  3. East Village - 8%
  4. Bushwick, Brooklyn - 5%
  5. Chelsea - 5%

Here's the map of the Yuppie neighborhoods:

Source Map: Mike Nudelman Coloration: Walter Hickey, Business Insider

Here's the map of the Hipster neighborhoods:

Source Map: Mike Nudelman Coloration: Walter Hickey, Business Insider


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