Hippies aren't about sandals or music. It's not like the History Channel or VH1. You had to be there and you had to be one.
I went into a store in Forks when it was still a tuff logging town and some rednecks wanted to smash my face in for having long hair. One of Swayes people who was about 6 foot 7 with hair down his back was working the counter. That was fun.
Was he a werewolf? I hate the fact I even know that pop culture reference. FML