A running theme of hipsters is having parents who are supporters of former President Ronald Reagan.A similar phenomenon occurred in the United Kingdom, with young, comparatively affluent workers in the media and digital industries moving into traditionally working class areas of London such as Hoxton, Spitalfields, and, particularly, Shoreditch with the subsequent gentrification of these areas. The subculture was parodied in the magazine Shoreditch Twat (1999) and the television sitcom Nathan Barley (2005). The series, about a self-described "self-facilitating media node," led to the term Nathan Barleys being used pejoratively in London for the subculture it parodied.
The trend of young, affluent individuals moving into previously working-class neighborhoods in London is similar to the hipster phenomenon of having parents who supported former President Ronald Reagan. This occurred in the UK, where media and digital industry workers gentrified areas like Hoxton, Spitalfields, and Shoreditch.