# Here a Starbuck's, there a Starbuck's, EVERYWHERE a freakin' Starbuck's! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252 "2002-10-07T19:51:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/41 "2002-10-08T20:42:08Z")
We have a few around here, including in my sleepy little burb, but around these parts Dunkin’ Donuts is King. ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/42 "2002-10-08T21:24:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jay-c \* > \*\*At the Polaris Fashion Place (mall) in Columbus, there are 3 Starbucks - 1 inside The Great Indoors store, 1 actual sit-down type place inside the mall on the second floor, and a free-standing kiosk on the first floor. That’s bad enough, IMO. But to make it worse… across the street from the mall is a shopping center. It’s got a Starbucks inside the Barnes & Noble store, AND a regular just-Starbucks place. So, that’s 5 full-service Starbucks. I could get a Venti Skinny Latte at each of them within 10 minutes time. > > Thankfully, I’m severely allergic to the ink they use to print their cups - I can’t touch the stuff. Even if I could, though, I’d still pass on it. \*\* [hijack] NO WAY! I was talking about Polaris Fashion Place [hijack again] that is the stupidest name for a mall ever…[/hijack again] in my post above! I diddnt know there was one in the Great Indoors though…Hmm…I’ll have to check that one out. Personally, I prefer the Panara Bread’s coffee there on the corner better anyway…but who can pass up a good frapachino on a hot day? (nobody answer that) [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![domesticatedjunglefowl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@domesticatedjunglefowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/domesticatedjunglefowl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/43 "2002-10-08T21:33:53Z")
[tinfoil hat on] I’ve never set foot inside a starbucks. I’ve never drank their coffee. They’ll never take me alive.[infoil hat off] ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/44 "2002-10-08T23:14:50Z")
There’s about 4 Starbucks’ in all of Montreal. Of course, there’s a Sucking Cock (Second Cup) on every corner. But that’s at least Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/45 "2002-10-09T02:16:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnBckWLD \* > \*\*[hijack]I think there are many more discount drugstore chains(CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Rite Aid, et al.) than Starbucks. How did they become so popular? Their prices suck and you wait on line a minimum of 10 minutes everytime you go to one[/hijack] \*\* Funny you should mention that. The article I cited mentioned that the number of Starbucks in Manhattan either had just overtaken, or was about to overtake, the number of Duane Reades. But that’s only Duane Reade. Just adding Rite Aid will put you way over the top. And I disagree with you about the toilets. To me, this is the perfect example of the private sector providing a public need, at least for those who don’t smell too awful or frighten the customers. (I know, how terribly un-p.c. of me. I’m a New Yorker, bite me. Besides, the bar is actually pretty low.) The city is not exactly awash in cash to be paying toilet attendants, and if Starbucks and Barnes & Noble fill the need, all the better… ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/46 "2002-10-09T05:44:03Z")
ThatGuyWithPants: I believe that i know of a mall with a name that is more stupid than yours. It was Southlake Mall. And now I give you, Westside Shoppingtown Southlake! ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/47 "2002-10-09T06:29:51Z")
Come to Wilkes-Barre. We’ve only got one, and it’s at B&N. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/48 "2002-10-09T14:21:48Z")
Several years ago, my favorite goth bar was shut down, because the landlord sold the property to Starbucks. I hiss every time I go past a Starbucks, now. Local stuff, or Second Cup. As **matt** said, at least it’s Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/49 "2002-10-10T08:09:13Z")
I currently live in Norway - No Starbucks here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/50 "2002-10-12T05:56:45Z")
Three and a half years ago, in NZ, no one really knew what Starbucks was. (we missed out on the funniest part of Ausin Powers that way, sigh) And then it came to our fair shores… …and mushroomed… Auckland’s CBD, which is NOT large, now boasts about fifteen different stores…about half of all Starbucks that are in NZ… ‘will it destroy local cafes?’ newspapers asked just before they came… and we can happily answer, ‘no. They burn their coffee-beans’ …but you cant beat a mango-citris frappaccino on a hot day… ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/51 "2002-10-12T16:26:19Z")
\Look what I found in the Forbidden City\ and apologies if that link is screwed up ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-a-starbucks-there-a-starbucks-everywhere-a-freakin-starbucks/131252/52 "2002-10-12T16:27:31Z")
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