[dalereed]

“The Beatniks were members of the so-called “Lost generation” born between the onset of the [first] Great Depression and the end of WWII. “

Born in 37 and never even heard of beatniks until after the hippies of the 50s became predominate.

There sure wern’t any such creeps in So. California!

[dalereed]

“hippies of the 50s became predominate”

I meant 60s.

[ansel12]

Remember that you didn't know who Elvis Presley was, until 2 or 3 years ago.

"On most nights in Newport Beach in 1960, one could find my older sister Diane slouched comfortably on a couch at the Prison of Socrates, a beatnik coffee house where she regularly drank java and read her poetry on open mike night."

[BfloGuy]

There sure wern’t any such creeps in So. California!

I was born in '53. I only knew about beatniks because of Maynard G. Krebs. And I do think it was an east-coast thing.