Yesterday I went for a bike ride through Denver's River North (RiNo) neighborhood. This is an area just north of Lower Downtown (known as LoDo, of course) that used to be an industrial district, and then started attracting artists drawn there by cheap rents. It soon started attracting hipsters, and is now filled with pricey apartment buildings, bars, restaurants, and at least one brew pub every two blocks. It still looks like an industrial district, but with that many brew pubs, why quibble?
The streets and outdoor patios used to be packed cheek to jowl, but after all those bars and brewpubs had to shut down due to the coronavirus, there was hardly a soul in sight anymore. Now that these establishments can reopen, the neighborhood is a bit more lively, but still, not many of those patio tables are occupied. If Pete Seeger were still around, he would no doubt be singing "Where have all the hipsters gone, Long time passing, Where have all the hipsters gone, Long time ago?" They are no doubt chilling in their pricey hipster pads. A great loss for all.
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