


There was an aphorism in the movement: Bad roads make good communes. Marin was a wild place for everyone in the 1970s. The Last Glimpses of Californias Vanishing Hippie Utopias. That was about 30% of all the girls I went to middle school with. A Traveltalks look at California focusing on the greater L.A. The Last Glimpses of Californias Vanishing Hippie Utopias Half a century ago, a legion of idealists dropped out of society and went back to the land, creating a patchwork of utopian communes across Northern California. One "nice" part was hippie girls who went braless and wore macrame tops. University of California Natural Reserve System, UCSB Santa Barbara CA 93106 (805) 893-4127. Others, of course, became your long-haired, bearded Unix admins. And then they left Mill Valley and often went to places like Bolinas and Stinson Beach - far enough away that groupies and trash wouldn't follow. They went first to Marin, especially Mill Valley.

Due to rising sea levels, the Maldives and its culture is on the brink. The last remaining vestiges I know about were those who left the Haight-Ashbury BEFORE "Flower Power" became popularized. Welcome to a Last Glimpse of 'Modern Atlantis'. The latter mostly became Disco hustlers in the late 1970s, Yuppies in the 1980s and Dot Com entrepreneurs in the 1990s. The second were the hangers-on, the soulless, guys wanting easy hook-up sex, drug addicts, etc. Half a century ago, a legion of idealists dropped out of society and went back. David Jacob Kramer GQ SeptemAP Photo/Bob Klein. They were true libertarians leaders rather than followers. Last Glimpses of California's Vanishing Hippie Utopias. They were also broadly read/educated and talking to them was a useful, educational thing. Most of these people were high IQ, thoughtful and deep. You used to be able to go to Seattle in the 1990s and see something that resembled California hippie culture but that's long gone also.įirst were the "Real" hippies. Honestly hippies haven't been a thing since the 1970s-1990s.
