A place that was formerly the hangout of the traditional "scaries" of Thayer and Brown University. The only area in Rhode Island one could find stores that only sold black clothing or Nine Inch Nails tapes, before either they or CDs were popular. Mostly renowned for the primary annex of College Hill Book Store, plus Pyramid Books, and more shops than you could shake a stick at, Thayer was even once the site of an accidental rave that took place in a tunnel supposedly only for use by public transit. This once proud region is currently rumored to have been reduced solely to "Thayer Street", a shopping district, populated by yuppies, where skate rats and folks sporting mohawks are no longer welcome.