<P> The Haight - Ashbury 's elaborately detailed , 19th century , multi-story , wooden houses became a haven for hippies during the 1960s , due to the availability of cheap rooms and vacant properties for rent or sale in the district ; property values had dropped in part because of the proposed freeway . The bohemian subculture that subsequently flourished there took root , and to a great extent , has remained to this day . </P>
<P> The Haight - Ashbury 's elaborately detailed , 19th century , multi-story , wooden houses became a haven for hippies during the 1960s , due to the availability of cheap rooms and vacant properties for rent or sale in the district ; property values had dropped in part because of the proposed freeway . The bohemian subculture that subsequently flourished there took root , and to a great extent , has remained to this day . </P>
who lived in haight ashbury in the 60s
who lived in haight ashbury in the 60s
hippies
hippies