Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. The neighborhood is known for its history of, and being the origin of hippie counterculture. The earlier bohemians of the beat movement had congregated around San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood from the late 1950s. Many who could not find accommodation there turned to the quaint, relatively cheap and underpopulated Haight-Ashbury. The Summer of Love (1967), the 1960s era as a whole, and much of modern American counterculture have been synonymous with San Francisco and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood ever since. The passage suggests that bohemians and the beat movement are both associated with A) the naming of Haight-Ashbury. B) the origin of the hippie movement. C) the rise of yuppies in the 1990's. D) the homeless population of San Francisco.

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Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. The neighborhood is known for its history of, and being the origin of hippie counterculture. The earlier bohemians of the beat movement had congregated around San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood from the late 1950s. Many who could not find accommodation there turned to the quaint, relatively cheap and underpopulated Haight-Ashbury. The Summer of Love (1967), the 1960s era as a whole, and much of modern American counterculture have been synonymous with San Francisco and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood ever since. The passage suggests that bohemians and the beat movement are both associated with A) the naming of Haight-Ashbury. B) the origin of the hippie movement. C) the rise of yuppies in the 1990's. D) the homeless population of San Francisco.

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Kaleigh Meadows · Answer 1

It's not a or d. The town was already named when bohemians moved there and they weren't homeless. It's not c because this article is talking about the 60's. B is your answer.