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Originally Posted by baddog
How about the fact that I was there?
How about the fact that Haight-Ashbury lasted about three years before it became worse than it had ever been?
How about the fact that the tourists never got out of their fucking cars when they drove thru the Haight? The only money they spent there was the occasional quarter when they would buy a Haight-Ashbury Free Press or Berkley Barb from one of the hippies hawking them on every street corner.
Good enough?
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Or, how about the fact that only the tourists could afford to go to shows at the Fillmore or the Avalon or afford the expensive goods sold within the district. It quickly turned into a tourist haven where the tourists supported the culture to a large extent. The fact that hippie culture died doesn't have any bearing on my argument. The point remains that a large number of people can effect change. If you were there then you experienced this first hand.