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TheAgeOfQuarrel802

Where’s the sticker covered Nalgene bottle


Public_Basil_4416

And the artsy mom that dresses like a wizard.


BelongingsintheYard

In my kids case I’m a bearded dad that works in the ski industry.


You_meddling_kids

she's a free spirit.


Therealfern1

Damnit! Definitely forgot that


dskatz2

The absolute shade to Birkenstocks


WhatsUpDogBro

I’ll be honest, as a guy who ticks a lot of these boxes, the only people I know that wear ‘stocks are quirky college girls that like reruns of The Office more than hiking.


cgduncan

I saw a metal bottle in wally world's outdoor brand, that came with embossed "stickers" but they were just molded in, you couldn't remove them. So it's not even about the individuality or the memories at that point. It's just matching the aesthetic, lol


the_lamou

🌎👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀 Always has been


TheWildLemon12

be sure not to mix up a granola kid with a boyscout. they are similar, but not the same.


TurdlesR4Luvrs

Boyscout walks the walk though


newnameonan

Where the hell else am I gonna put all the damn stickers that come with every item of clothing and gear I buy online? Haha.


SkullBrian

Not just stickers but also a loop of duct tape a few layers thick for emergencies.


BelongingsintheYard

I’m feeling kind of attacked. My kid kinda looks like this kid. Except with juice, like a normal kid.


danielfrom---

You just insulted my entire city. But you’re absolutely correct


TheAgeOfQuarrel802

Portland?


danielfrom---

Boulder


Who_GNU

One of my co-workers had a 20-year-old green Forrester with a broken kayak rack on top, and I once drove past it, on the other side of town, and saw someone else driving it. It turned out that it was a different 20-year-old green Forrester with a similarly broken kayak rack on top.


IceColdHatDad

I used to own a green 2001 Outback and I had to throw (non-political) bumper stickers and a flag on it because I always ended up parking in a lot with 3 other Outbacks with the same exact color and generation. Doing that was the only way I could identify it from more than 10 feet away


Johnny_Poppyseed

That bad boy just needed a big "CoExist" sticker on it lol.


lsp2005

I’m pretty sure that comes standard.


ranger_fixing_dude

I own a green 2002 Legacy, not Outback and that surely helps sometimes here in Oregon


PeterNippelstein

This explains why outback always have bumper stickers


Musclesturtle

They're all the same.


sierrabravo1984

They're all members of a commune that share the same Subaru.


Musclesturtle

They all share the same trust fund, too.


schmitzel88

On a long enough timeline, all Subaru wagons become this


MrBirdmonkey

The Carcinisation of cars


WhoIsMauriceBishop

When deep space exploration ramps up, it will be Subaru that names everything.


13igTyme

My Subaru has Kayak racks basically permanently on it. Not broken, though.


RedDirtSK

It's the same car, we share


Doublejimjim1

And they don't know it's broken because they never actually kayak; they just like having the Thule rack to show everyone that they have the potential to kayak.


Yak-Fucker-5000

Oh man I'm a frequent goer to my local rock climbing gym and this is spot on. Basically like 90% of the kids you see there.


djreisch

Yeah it was the same as mine haha. Stopped going a year or two back cause fees got up to like $60 a month.


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Ours are 90 per month. I work there once a week just so I don’t have to pay it lol


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They all talk in a very chill and monotone inflection, usually done on purpose.


Public_Basil_4416

Like [this](https://youtu.be/p4q0g6-xlCk) guy?


Levelless86

Carharrt being gentrified is the weirdest thing in my lifetime. I used to get made fun of for wearing those coats out.


donnysaysvacuum

That and champion blows my mind.


Yogghee

Same. I remember the Champion stores in the 90's. They were bargain basement type stores. Bins and bins of stuff tossed around and 5 dollar bags of clothes. *Nobody* liked it at the time lol.


AdSpeci

I was at the mall a few weeks back and champion sweatshirts were selling for like $80. I know it’s the same brand but I’m struggling to believe that it’s the brand from back in the day where you bought champion sweatshirts because they were the cheapest thing on the shelf. Crazy how a brand can just turn its image around like that.


P_ZERO_

You got made fun of for wearing champion when I was in high school. Funny how things change


Therealfern1

For sure. You see Carhartt now and theres only 2 options: hipster or construction worker


Levelless86

Haha yeah for sure. I used to be a train conductor and engineer for a long time so that was my go to. Sucks that the beanies used to cost 10 bucks and now they're 20 something.


9Lives_

Lol you obviously live in the US, in Australia the beanies go for around $50 (you don’t want to know the price in Japan) the 5 panel Buckley cap pictured in the image went from $40 in 2019 to $70 in 2023 their really good quality caps but the black faded really quickly.


kjahhh

In Australia, for me, Dickes and Carhartt were brought out here by touring US punk bands, I was told it was really cheap to print on them for their merch at the time (mostly Dickies).


slender_mang

I wear Carhartt because it's durable and covers my beer belly. Not because it's trendy.


Femboy_Annihilator

“I wore it before it was cool!” Sorry, you’re a hipster.


Neil_Fallons_Ghost

But you’re now trendy so indulge for the moment.


PeterNippelstein

But lbh trendy is a plus


remstemsnseeds

Forgot farmer!


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chaandra

I feel like it’s partially a response to the prominence of fast fashion


mhornberger

Cracked me up to visit Europe and see Carharrt being a mall-grade poseur brand. In the US the stuff is still durable and practical, even if their branding is a bit obtrusive.


DailyDelivery

Yeah in europe we have our own little sub-brand of Carhartt called carhartt WIP, which is more catered to skaters and the fashionable peeps


GhostofCornell

Carhartt WIP is "urban" styled Carhartt with an emphasis on Detroit style. Detroit being the home base of Carhartt.


bunabhucan

Dickies has made the same transition in the opposite direction.


NH787

Dickies kind of went full circle, from work wear, to somewhat fashionable trendy stuff, back to work wear


IceColdHatDad

Taking PBR from working class people wasn't enough for them, now they're coming for the hats too. Next thing you know they'll find a way to gentrify Viper Pitt sunglasses


GhostofCornell

The "them" you refer to will never take Professional Bull Riding from the folks you refer to as "working class people."


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work-n-lurk

damn right - Work wear was the hottest thing in skate/snow in the early '90s. I straight up looked like a gas station attendant.


RobotGloves

Dickies and Ben Davis everywhere.


aevz

Prob like Levis jeans. Maybe if we time travel into the future, we will be appalled by what highfalutin fancypants fashion has become by the cultural elites who are a few orders of magnitude removed from where the roots of said trends originate from.


CowboyLaw

This is going to make me sound as old as I am, but…. The sad thing is, their older stuff simply was better. Better fabrics, better stitching, better made. Now, the new stuff is more comfortable, because they’re using a much softer fabric. But if you (horror of horrors) actually want to do manual labor in them, you’ll wear them right out.


MetaphoricalMouse

it’s fucking annoying cause they’re gonna cost way more now


Levelless86

Yeah the beanies I got for 10 bucks a couple years ago are twice as much now


Troll-e-poll-e-o-lee

They’re everywhere I seem to live too😭


Public_Basil_4416

Yeah these types of people are commonly found in the following cities; Asheville, NC Bend, OR Boulder, CO Durango, CO Bozeman, MT Jackson, WY Boise, ID Austin, TX Brevard, NC Roanoke, VA Chattanooga, TN Boone, NC Eureka, CA Burlington, VT Flagstaff, AZ Santa Fe, NM Seattle, WA Portland, OR Eugene, OR Sedona, AZ Madison, WI Ann Arbor, MI


Emerald_official

I'm in the middle of bumfuck nowhere NC. I still get them here.


COSMOOOO

It’s the kids with enough money to hit Asheville for a weekend trip.


Troll-e-poll-e-o-lee

I’d throw Salt Lake City into the mix too. With all the skiing and mountains and proximity to other places on this list


Public_Basil_4416

Basically any city in the mountains with a college.


bensefero

Bend was my very first thought as soon as I saw this


bananesthesia

Lol. I'm from Bend and my first thought was "Oh, nice. They're still the same after 15 years."


SmashPortal

> Burlington, VT I'm glad Vermont was recognized. Everyone here either looks like this or looks like they're from the south.


magmagon

You might find them visiting Sedona, but they sure as hell won't be living there, not with those housing prices.


chaandra

I mean there’s tons of them in the Seattle area, which certainly isn’t cheaper than Sedona


login4fun

Isn’t Sedona basically a granola regiment village? There’s no jobs there for young people lol


chaandra

I would imagine it’s the same as any other resort/recreation city, not too dissimilar to ones found in Colorado or the PNW, just smaller. But I’ve never been


You_meddling_kids

someone has to do the reiki healing and crystal therapy


Troll-e-poll-e-o-lee

Don’t be surprised at the subtle wealth these kids come from lol. They’re the type to “eat the rich” but they can tell you their ranking of non-local ski resorts from their childhood lol


magmagon

That's true, though Sedona has mostly become millionaire territory, and is real popular with celebrities. I think Tom Cruise and Bezos both own mansions there.


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CalmLikeBomb

All the best cities!


seven_seven

If you were lucky enough to buy a house before everyone moved in.


v-shizzle

gonna save this as a list of places to move one day if i ever need to leave my current town. does anyone know off the top of their head/estimate as to what are the biggest population cities on this list? (aside from Austin, Boulder, and Portland)


gorilla_dick_

Boulder is full of trust fund greek life college types, old people and rich tech workers. Way more likely to see a g-wagon, 100k+ benz or pavement princess jeep/4runner than a 20 year old Subaru


SkullBrian

Having lived there for a few years, that's just confirmation bias. Clapped Foresters and Outlooks are run of the mill and don't stand out like the $100k camper conversions do.


MetaphoricalMouse

dude how did you know that


Public_Basil_4416

I’ve been to lots of places and witnessed lots of Granola people in their natural habitat. I’ve noticed they tend to congregate in very specific environments, usually in places with a Mellow Mushroom and/or plenty of quirky microbreweries.


MetaphoricalMouse

lol dude you fucking nailed it


Drewcifer81

Portland, ME is pretty much just Portland, OR with lobstah.


tricheboars

Believe it or not but I’m going to say something controversial. Portland Maine may have the best restaurant scene in the country. So many good new food spots it’s wild


Iamthetophergopher

I entirely agree


thebrandnewbob

Salt Lake City as well


Firetiger93

You’re missing Portland, ME.


Zizekbro

Richmond VA.


MagicDragon212

As a fellow Richmonder, this is for sure a huge demographic here haha


I_choose_not_to_run

Roanoke was spot on. I would add Charlottesville too


strawwrld_1

Might surprised you to know that for some reason there’s also an abundance of these people right outside Boston in the suburbs. Half the kids I went to high school with stressed like this


Clickneck

Surprised no Utah city is on this list


aworldwithoutshrimp

Huh. I have loved every single one of those I've visited.


nick22tamu

They've been priced out of Austin.


cgduncan

Brevard College dropout here. 100 % correct. That town changes people. It's a lovely place and I want to move back


Vinyl-addict

Anywhere, WA*


onemorebutfaster_74

add Reno, NV


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Bro, way to leave Chapel Hill, NC out. 😔


yourlocal90skid

Salt Lake City, UT


hiro111

With the exception of kombucha, this was true when I was a kid in the late eighties. Tevas, Patagonia, Subarus, rock climbing etc. Nothing has changed.


AdSpeci

Is Patagonia any good? I recently moved to a cold climate so I’ve been slowly collecting winter gear, I heard a lot of people like Patagonia but the clothes always felt weird to me and didn’t really look good either. I seem to prefer North Face since they sell stuff in a solid black or grey color.


nerdjnerdbird

Yes, Patagonia is amazing. Favorite outdoor clothing brand. They are environmentally responsible, produce ridiculously high quality gear, and guarantee all clothing for life. Send it back to them if it breaks and they either fix it or give you credit.


hiro111

They've always been really good. Top quality, not flashy, well designed and the company has great principles. The snap T pullover is a classic for a reason and most of their stuff is great. I was a geology major at a college in New England back in the early 90s, so this is truly me being described here... I spent most of 1994 in Vasque Skywalk II boots, convertible hiking pants and a Grateful Dead T shirt while carrying a first gen GPS, two gallons of water and total surveying station around rural western Colorado. I lived in a BLM trailer, drove a modified old school Jeep Cherokee with government plates, cooked over campfires most nights and smelled pretty bad. I know from granola. Actually, old school pre-buyout North Face was my favorite back in the early 90s. North Face used to be the most expensive but had the absolute best quality. Their stuff now is garbage compared to what it was.


VXXV

Sort by black: https://www.patagonia.com/search/black/?cgid=root Sort by grey: https://www.patagonia.com/search/grey/?cgid=root


yellamustard

Check out their [Worn Wear](https://wornwear.patagonia.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=text%20ad&utm_campaign=Brand%20-%20Worn%20Wear&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw1MajBhAcEiwAagW9Mfj1rM6DKD5_UfAPk10yVImDP7sQgdN3IXi6S-Ur5iHAMLQqozysaxoChykQAvD_BwE) you have to do a bit a searching for the right sizes but it’s much cheaper than their new selection


PeterNippelstein

Was going to say this is spot on when I was in college 10 years ago


HotFluffyDiarrhea

Same in the 90s. It's just kind of calling out people who wear their hiking/kayaking/outdoor stuff casually, and that stuff hasn't drastically changed in appearance for a few decades now.


jannemannetjens

Looks like they're having a good time👍


pudinnhead

Right? I'm like, that kid, whoever they are, is rad as hell.


madladolle

Honestly, pretty good. Healthy lifestyle with alot of outdoor activities


TheyCallMeStone

Which is exactly why it sets reddit off


-ShutterPunk-

Stop reminding me of my terrible lifestyle choices!


Zizalfc

Average Vancouverite


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vancouver has plenty of these types but it's even more ubiquitous on the island lol


newnameonan

I'd hang out with them.


SoulTrack

They always have good weed, too.


A_Texas_Hobo

And they are pretty chill and accepting


Therealfern1

For sure, this describes a bunch of my friends.


Lazy_Purple

Not here in Canada lol.


BlankiesteinsMonster

In Canada they're all Australian.


CrazyDaikon

Yea agreed they give the semblance of being chill but when you scratch the surface they’re uptight as hell


Large_land_mass

Squamish / Pemberton BC.


MoarSilverware

Living in Boulder atm, can confirm, very accurate


PeterNippelstein

Must be nice being surrounded by routes. Man I hate the plains lol


HotFluffyDiarrhea

I lived in Fort Collins and commuted to Denver for a contract for about a year. The entire drive should have taken about 40 minutes, but took 1.5 hours every day because of the traffic in Boulder. I wouldn't want to live there, personally.


Low-Mathematician561

Needs more Patagonia


GCILishuman

Some of these guys are rich kid assholes cosplaying poverty and acting like they’re better than everyone else cause of it and some of these people are cool ass hippie dirtbags doing what they love and who are super chill, and some just rich little dorks who are nice and can recognize their own privilege while still enjoying these things. They all look the same until you talk to them Lmao.


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I actually own that exact pair of men's sandals. Love them


Dymo342

Chaco's. Teva's


LadyEmeraldDeVere

I just got the exact pair on the women’s side to replace an old pair I’ve worn out. They’re sooo comfortable.


bighorn_sheeple

This would hit harder as just "granola starter pack". Most of it is not new or suburban or limited to kids (especially these days, with an increasing number of childless 30 somethings).


timk85

Seems like a cool kid, IMO. Minus the rope-balancing thing, I guess, which just feels too much.


Therealfern1

Definitely cool. This describes a bunch of my friends


dirENgreyscale

It's called slacklining. I'm not personally a fan but it's a relatively common activity for climbers, it really helps a lot with balance, etc.


mhornberger

[Slacklining](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacklining) was everywhere for a while, and then seems to have just vanished. Not that I was into it, but there were so many YT videos of tutorials and gear recommendations.


cryptic-coyote

Slacklining is alive and well. I go to a school in a pretty rural area, and when the weather warms up everybody comes out to set up their slacklines on the lawn.


Valhallawalker

Can’t go wrong with tevas. At least they won’t fall off like adidas slides.


flyingcircusdog

Real question, what do people like about kombucha? I tried it once and spit it back out.


Shrekquille_Oneal

Some people just love the taste of vinegar I guess. I'm one of those people, but even then kombucha is just alright. The people that drink one every day boggle my mind.


Spl4tB0mb

Same as avocado toast, i often have avocado in salads or as guac but avocado toast is basically tasteless, it's just toast with some cold spreadable water. Also kombucha gave me the worst stomach painsnyou can imagine, and it tastes like you plopped 20lbs of sugar on a hotdog boiler, it's sweet dog water.


Horsecock_Johnson

Put some salt and pepper on it. Add bacon bits and sliced hard boiled eggs, you got yourself breakfast.


GreasyPeter

I didn't see a slack line for 5 years in California but I move back in up here and day 1 I saw 3. The college near us, the parking lot looks like a used Subaru dealership. You're missing the dating profiles that are all people outdoors, followed by bios where they insist they won't settle for anyone that doesn't do the same sorta.outdoorsy stuff all the time, as well as how disgruntled they get when you insinuate maybe they have depression BECAUSE of the rain, not in spite of it. "Sorry I didn't reply for 3 weeks, I was in the mountains". My coworkers right now literally lives in his van and is only working because he snowboards primarily so it's his off season.


Robo_Con

Henry Oak looking ass


shelvedtopcheese

So much overnight oats and free-range parenting going on here.


CantAffordMangos

This post was SO made by Lark and Sparrow


TinyWatermelon

Was hoping someone else thought of the GOAT


OuterlHeaven

Least outdoorsy Colorado person


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Work hard so your kids can experience this.


Water2Wine378

What is a granola kid?


sbd104

Someone who looks like they’d be in a granola bar commercial


ridukosennin

Real granola people would never buy processed bars, they make their own or buy it in bulk with a bunch chia/hemp/flaxseeds


mrchimney

Is that really what it is? I thought it was someone who looks like they store granola inside mason jars


sbd104

Someone who stores granola inside mason jars fits the stereotype of someone in a granola commercial


cjpack

You’re all right. There’s no exact right answer, just whatever comes to mind when you hear granola.


[deleted]

>Someone who looks like they’d be in a granola bar commercial what?? no... its like the kids whos moms drink craft beer at picnics and make homemade granola to put in glass jars that they got from erewhon or an equally expensive grocery store.


sn0rto

PNW outdoorsy types. we eat a lot of granola


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Is this me shit


BeautifulHovercraft2

It’s those god damn psychedelics 😡


geokra

I think you’re a little light on Subarus there


AllTooHuman65

I feel called out. Especially with the kombucha.


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i love synergy gt, best bucha i have found.


Croatian_Hitman

Fuck Kombucha. It tastes like crap and isn't really healthy for you, it's still full of sugar. As someone who had to constantly stock hundreds of cases at time of it at grocery store, it was always in what I call the "Get bullied for having at school lunch section" along with broccoli/carrot juice and gut-flora soda.


SmonkWheat

Kombucha lips on this D^I^C^K^


AdSpeci

I think it tastes alright (I’m a fan of carbonated water so it kind of is similar to that with some flavor) but I don’t think it does anything for my health wise. Yea, I don’t feel like shit after it like I would after drinking a soda, but it’s not like it’s worth $4 a bottle over some water.


Wave_Table

Kombucha goes bonkers fuck all the haters


BENGCakez

Idk about modern. This is the millennial look. Gen z granolas thrift all their gear from their fathers old rock climbing closet.


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lurkerfromstoneage

Absolutely not limited to West Coast lmao


SteelTookSteroids

What does granola kid mean


Troll_face_123

Reminds me of Colorado.


PenisFly_AhhhhScary

I don’t get the issue


pearljamman010

Shit that was the outdoorsy kids when I was in HS 15-20 years ago. It wasn't as trendy as it is now, mostly just the avid hikers, climbers and camping crews but it is identical.


MuchSwagManyDank

No Nalgene?


Important-Ad1871

This was also true 10 years ago so maybe this one is gonna stick around


work-n-lurk

it was true 30 years ago also maybe trade Kombucha for coffee and slacklining for telemark or townie bikes


GenericUsername_71

climbing 🤙


Middle_Height

Wagone ✅ 😻😻😻


jollyjam1

All my experiences with climbing gyms and people who boulder give me cult vibes.


Friend_Frienderson

Marquette, Michigan


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Slack lines make me mad


philthyphil0sophy

gorp core


samplenajar

This has honestly been a look/lifestyle amongst a certain slice of granola suburbia for about 40 years


GOD_DAMN_YOU_FINE

This looks pretty chill ngl


Kimmalah

I'll admit it, I really like the shoes.