This Indiana City Was Just Named the Biggest Hippie Town

Apparently, this Indiana city is the top destination in the state for hippies.

Hippies. We have all heard that term thrown around a time or two. Generally, we think about the "peace and love", flower-power, and recreational drug-using hippies that were abundant in the 1960s. Personally, I can't think of the term "hippies" without thinking of Cartman from South Park. If you have seen the show, you know of Cartman's random, ongoing disdain for hippies. Many people would still classify themselves as hippies today. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a "hippie" is defined as:

A usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic.

Again, in 2025, there are still plenty of hippies out there. Recently, the website Thrillist put together a list of the biggest hippie towns across the country. And the biggest hippie city in Indiana might very well surprise you.

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The Biggest Hippie City in Indiana

According to Thrillist, the biggest hippie city in Indiana is one that you have most certainly heard of. Mostly due to Hoosier basketball. Of course, I am talking about Bloomington. Apparently, the home of Indiana University is pretty groovy.

What makes Bloomington the biggest hippie city in Indiana? Well, here's what Thrillist had to say:

Bloomington is typically more identified with the Midwestern, blue-collar ethic of its most famous resident, Johnny Cougar. But lest we forget this is still a college town, and with that comes a modest but decent hippie community—certainly the largest in Indiana—home to venues that draw indie bands that'll make you feel like you're in a coming-of-age movie, breweries and dive bars galore, and even a mushroom foraging group (the shrooms they hunt are for cooking—but, hey, you never know what else you might find in the woods). To top it all off, you'll also find a natural foods co-op, a Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, and a coffeehouse-slash-juice bar at Soma Coffee.

Would this have been your first guess as the biggest hippie city in Indiana? I'm sure plenty of other cities/towns could have been worthy of that title. In any event, you can discover America's biggest hippie cities by clicking here.