Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood

Definition

The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood is a district in San Francisco, California, known for being the birthplace of the hippie counterculture in the 1960s.

Analogy

Think of Haight-Ashbury as a music festival like Coachella. Just as Coachella is known for its music and unique fashion trends, Haight-Ashbury was known for its vibrant arts scene and unconventional lifestyle during the 1960s.

Related terms

Counterculture: A way of life and set of attitudes that are completely different from what is regarded as normal or mainstream.

Hippies: Members of a liberal counterculture, originally a youth movement that started in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world.

Summer of Love: A social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967 when about 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, initiating a major cultural and political shift.