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I'm curious to know where the highest density of Starbucks is in the world. My obvious guess is downtown Seattle or maybe Manhattan or central London. I'd love

by rhplus 14y ago

I'm curious to know where the highest density of Starbucks is in the world. My obvious guess is downtown Seattle or maybe Manhattan or central London. I'd love to see someone compute the metric, perhaps the highest number of Starbucks within a specific square mile or maybe the specific location on earth which has the most Starbucks within say 1 mile. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=starbucks+in+downtown+seattle http://maps.google.com/maps?q=starbucks+in+downtown+seattle

Jagat 14y ago
In India, we have Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) instead of Starbucks. I have noticed that the concentration of CCDs in certain regions of Bangalore is much higher than that of Starbucks in Manhattan (I've been to both). At some places in Bangalore you find a CCD for every hundred square meters.
- r00fus 14y ago
  Of course, you also have a whole lot more people in that area. Perhaps a better measure is stores per capita per square mile/km?
  - lostlogin 14y ago
    so that USA wins? :) cafes per square km would be a more interesting measure than Starbucks per km I think.
MartinCron 14y ago
Also, if you're caring about the density of specialty coffee in Downtown Seattle (where I am now) you would want to take other shops into account. There's a Starbucks on just about every corner, but on every other corner you'll find a Stumptown or a Vita or a Ladro or a Vivace or...
- keithpeter 14y ago
  I've always wondered about the drivers for this density of coffee shop. The density seems a lot lower in most UK cities. Is it that people have small apartments? Or is it to save office space?
  - MartinCron 14y ago
    Neither. Most homes and offices still have coffee making equipment. It's more of a social and cultural thing. In my case, my regular barista is one of the few people in my life who never has unreasonable expectations of me :)
wiredfool 14y ago
I'd like to find the spot in King County/Seattle area that's the farthest from espresso. I'm going to venture a guess that it's in the middle of a lake.
- larubbio 14y ago
  King County is very large and a lot of it is rural or forest service land. I know Seattle owns a lot of land in the Cedar river watershed since that is the city's water supply. I'd guess somewhere out there is the farthest spot.
  - xxpor 14y ago
    Seattle might own it, but it's not part of the city.
- koenigdavidmj 14y ago
  Cursory playing around with Google Maps indicates that it is probably somewhere on the coast in Magnolia.

by rhplus 14y ago

Jagat 14y ago

In India, we have Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) instead of Starbucks. I have noticed that the concentration of CCDs in certain regions of Bangalore is much higher than that of Starbucks in Manhattan (I've been to both). At some places in Bangalore you find a CCD for every hundred square meters.

r00fus 14y ago
Of course, you also have a whole lot more people in that area. Perhaps a better measure is stores per capita per square mile/km?
- lostlogin 14y ago
  so that USA wins? :) cafes per square km would be a more interesting measure than Starbucks per km I think.

MartinCron 14y ago

Also, if you're caring about the density of specialty coffee in Downtown Seattle (where I am now) you would want to take other shops into account. There's a Starbucks on just about every corner, but on every other corner you'll find a Stumptown or a Vita or a Ladro or a Vivace or...

keithpeter 14y ago
I've always wondered about the drivers for this density of coffee shop. The density seems a lot lower in most UK cities. Is it that people have small apartments? Or is it to save office space?
- MartinCron 14y ago
  Neither. Most homes and offices still have coffee making equipment. It's more of a social and cultural thing. In my case, my regular barista is one of the few people in my life who never has unreasonable expectations of me :)

wiredfool 14y ago

I'd like to find the spot in King County/Seattle area that's the farthest from espresso. I'm going to venture a guess that it's in the middle of a lake.

larubbio 14y ago
King County is very large and a lot of it is rural or forest service land. I know Seattle owns a lot of land in the Cedar river watershed since that is the city's water supply. I'd guess somewhere out there is the farthest spot.
- xxpor 14y ago
  Seattle might own it, but it's not part of the city.
koenigdavidmj 14y ago
Cursory playing around with Google Maps indicates that it is probably somewhere on the coast in Magnolia.