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Williamsburg the Sequel: SI's St. George?
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Jen Carlson
Published Jul 8, 2008
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With its own music festival, budding arts community, and plenty of backlash...is Staten Island primed to become the next hipster haven? One tipster sent in these photos taken in the St. George section of SI last week. Yuppies and hipsters and street art, oh my! It will be like New York City's very own island of misfit toys...toys with neon accessories and a breathtaking air of entitlement.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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