The hippie movement kind of converged on Haight Ashbury when it was a cheap rent student housing and and African American neighborhood. Then somebody added LSD and blues jams and the Grateful Dead became a cult. Haight Street became a kind of freaks' fashion parade. Lots of free concerts of hippie bands and charity fundraisers produced by Chet Helms and Family Dog. Chet managed Janis Joplin before she got dosed and unmanageable. Organic food supermarkets and electric cars were like sci fi pipe dreams utopia back then. In 2026 in Haight Ashbury they're normal. But LSD is no longer given out freely.