San Antonio neighborhood drawing young homebuyers, is one of the hottest in the U.S.

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According to a report from Realtor.com, San Antonio's hippest ZIP code is one of the hottest in the entire country, and happens to be nowhere near the city's revitalized and sleek urban core.

Forget the Pearl area, the Near East Side or downtown, because somehow the place many can't wait to plant roots is smack in the middle of North Side suburbia San Antonio: 78247.

This new boom zone is just north of San Antonio International Airport, covering an area between Wurzbach Parkway on the south and running north up to Loop 1604. It is bound on the west by Jones-Maltsberger Road and on the east by Wetmore and Nacogdoches roads.

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What makes this area so up-and-coming is the population segment leading the home buying charge. According to Realtor.com, 36 percent of mortgages bought in 2016 were by millennials.

This trend appears to go against every "Decade of Downtown" trope we've seen about the future of our city.

Photo: Google Maps The 78247 ZIP code is located on the North Side and encompasses the...

With Walmarts, Home Depots, open-air shopping centers and "chain" everything all within easy reach, the 78247 is everything about life that progressive hipster "Decade of Downtowners" hate.

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So why are so many millennials buying homes here? Perhaps it's because while hipsters want to be at the center of chic urban renewal, many millennials just want to be left alone in their homes with their cellphones and the occasional trip to the dog park.

Click through the slideshow above to see what could be attracting millennials to 78247.