hippie

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But the decline in numbers predates the recent conflict, which begs the question: why are foreign visitors, who've patronised the relaxed budget getaway since the hippie heyday of the 1960s and 1970s, now turning away?

From BBC • May 16, 2026

“She had a bigger canyon group of hippie friends that were all kind of into that too,” Tracye remembers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Yet it retains a hippie vibe, with no stop lights and bumper stickers bearing slogans like “Crazy is still better than corporate.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Elsewhere in the documentary, narrated by Kate Winslet, he is described as a "bit of a hippie".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

“A flower child,” said my father, opening his eyes, “is a hippie who lives in Greenwich Village in dirty jeans and beads and who can’t change a pair of socks.”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt