Comments on: Not Quite the Mission Hipster

By: BitKid

BitKid — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:33:48 +0000

Actually, that is a fitting description of the Mission. The only time I actually spent around there was when I was an UNDERWEIGHT heroin addict. The place is pretty run down but I like cultural mix. When the weather is nice it can be downright beautiful. Some days in the Mission can be quite scary though…watch out for freaks and crackheads.

By: Yelan

Yelan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:14:44 +0000

The Mission’s cool! I hope you are settling in just fine. For sure better than my Civic Center homeless men peddling stolen luggage items from European tourists, the -5 toothed lady chases you down with “gooootttt chaaaaange?” oh, and the water/pee in the streets thing. Watch out for that.

By: Kiran Divvela

Kiran Divvela — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:50:35 +0000

Welcome to the hood! Be sure to check out Clarion Alley for the best murals ever.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:23:09 +0000

omg, this post made me laugh. esp. about the part about looking like a communist. my boyfriend got one of those hats (for utilitarian purposes of course) but he looks like a communist too. maybe cuz we are in our 30’s and what those “young folks” wear just doesn’t work on us old people anymore. i mean, why do those guys think donning tight women’s jeans is ok? cuz it’s not.

imho, the mission is great for one thing: food. osha, bi-rite creamery, and cafe ethiopia are 3 of my favorites. (sometimes the service isn’t fab, but food i like.) omg, and there’s a really great mexican burrito type place near the 24th st bart station. GOOD.

also, there’s a couple of cool shops – therapy (clothes and kitsch) and paxton gate (cool sciency taxodermy gardeny stuff.)

o, and the part about fremont made me laugh too. i grew up there! hahaha!

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:15:05 +0000

It took a while but eventually I found that the Mission Hipsters were less annoying than the Marina Yupsters who invade on Friday Nights to “slum it” on my block. And thus the die is cast. Insert World of Warcraft faction reference here.

Welcome to the neighborhood.

By: Donny O

Donny O — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:30:58 +0000

“You know who else was pensive….Chairman Mao.”

By: Top Marine

Top Marine — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:50:40 +0000

Hipster guys are the best for sleeping with – despite all their pretentiousness they’re usually all to ready to take orders in the bedroom.

By: Joe.My.God.

Joe.My.God. — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:47:28 +0000

The day I finally told my mother that I’d moved from the Castro to 24th Street in the Mission, A&E ran some kind of special titled something like: The Murderous Gangs Of 24th Street. She probably didn’t sleep for a week.

By: John

John — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:50:05 +0000

However, if you happen to have left acid in your pocket on laundry day…

By: Lil

Lil — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:19:56 +0000

As a member of the unhip over 30 group, I’m voting “No” on you getting acid-washed jeans. My theory is that you are allotted one period in your life to wear the acid-washed jeans, leggings, etc. You and I had already had our opportunity to wear acid-washed jeans and that was in 1987.