In the 1960s, hippies and the counterculture were a young generation that protested against many issues. They shunned war, inequality, materialism and the federal government. Some created their own communes or neighborhoods like Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco and Greenwich Village in New York City. Another group, the Yippies or the Youth International party were the political arm of the counterculture movement. Eventually, these movements faded as time and events moved on into the 1970s.