This app points you to Williamsburg-equivalent neighborhoods around the world
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Here’s a travel app for New York hipsters — or anyone else who wants to travel just like them.
Name: Where is Williamsburg
What it does: Helps urban travelers find the hippest locations around the globe — or the destinations that are the most like Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood.
Available: In the App Store, requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Cost: Free
What’s hot: If you want to find pour-over coffee, brunch, American Apparel or a brew similar to Pabst Blue Ribbon anywhere in the world, this is your app. It’s quick, it’s spot-on, and if you disagree with its choices it allows you to drag the map to wherever you think “Williamsburg” is for its consideration. Once it tells you the neighborhood, you can click through four icons to figure out if that coffeehouse, bar or restaurant is right for you. The details are powered by Foursquare, which offer directions, contact info, tips, reviews and more. It also lets you agree, disagree or tell it that its choice is “Meh.” It delivers cool travel options: When I clicked on Cairo, I was intrigued to know more about Zamalek, even though there were no listings for pour-over coffee, brunch or American Apparel. A quick search of the neighborhood led me to descriptions and images that would satisfy a hipster’s cravings.
What’s not: It’s available only for Apple users. I’m sure there are Android users out there that want pour-over coffee too. Wait, nah.
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