In 1997
Utne Reader rated
Davis Square 14th of the 15
hippest places to live in the U.S. and Canada, based on economic considerations and opinions of "
alternative press editors,
gallery owners, community organizers,
coffee shop clerks, music promoters,
art critics,
gay activists, club goers,
urban planners, cyber-journalists, and
advertising honchoes, as well as assorted
idlers and lingerers".
The Lower Garden District in New Orleans and the Inner Mission in San Francisco topped the list.