Leipzig becomes Germany's hipster playground

Students study outside the University of Leipzig. Photo courtesy of University of Missouri.

According to Der Spiegel writer Maximillian Popp, Leipzig has taken Berlin's title of "Germany's hippest city."

Just in the last year, approximately 9,000 people have moved to the city, raising Leipzig's population to highest its been since the Berlin Wall fell.

Young artists and writers are flooding the city, occupying the city's Clara Zetkin Park and formerly abandoned warehouses-turned-studios.

Much like the U.S., Germany also has a high unemployment rate with nearly a "fifth of the country's population living on unemployment benefits."

In the U.S., considering the difficulty for recent graduates to get hired for entry level positions. Thus, it has  more common for students to begin studying subjects they do not necessarily find practical. Instead, students both in the U.S. and in Germany are studying subjects they just find interesting like arts and literature. 

What remains to be answered is whether this trend will remain prevalent in both American and German culture. Do you see this as a short-term trend? If so, how do you think this will effect popular cities like Leipzig?