Former bohemian communities
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Nineteenth and early twentieth century examples of Bohemias.
Bohemia means any place where one could live and work cheaply, and behave unconventionally; a community of free souls beyond the pale of respectable society. Several cities and neighborhoods came to be associated with bohemianism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries:
- Takaka, New Zealand in Nelson Abel Tasman National Park
- Newtown, New Zealand in Wellington
- Titirangi in Auckland
- Kingsland in Auckland
- Grey Lynn in Auckland
- T5 in Taranaki
- Europe
- Montmartre and Montparnasse in Paris
- Chelsea, Fitzrovia, and Soho in London
- Beyoğlu (Pera) in Istanbul
- Mitte in Berlin
- Schwabing in Munich
- Skadarlija in Belgrade
- Tabán in Budapest
- Cais do Sodré, Mouraria, and Alfama in Lisbon
- Užupis in Vilnius
- Cardiff in Wales
- United States
- Greenwich Village, New York City
- North Beach, San Francisco, California
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Venice Beach, California
- Topanga, California
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Boulder, Colorado
- Austin, Texas
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Oregon, USA
- Tiburon, California
- Towertown, Chicago, a district named for the old Watertower, nearby.
- Key West, Florida
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Newtown, Sydney
- Potts Point, Sydney
- Fitzroy, Melbourne
- Montsalvat, Melbourne
- Nimbin, New South Wales
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