# Is there a place with 4 StarBucks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 2, 2006, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184 "2006-09-02T08:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FrantzJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@FrantzJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrantzJ)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/1 "2006-09-02T08:27:32Z")
I live in Seattle, the tumor from which the worldwide cancer of StarBucks originated. I have seen streets where there are StarBucks across the street from StarBucks, and I have seen intersections with 3 StarBucks on different corners. However, I am yet to see four. Are there places, in Seattle our otherwise, where there are four StarBucks locations in a very tight vicinity? Joey ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/2 "2006-09-02T10:37:33Z")
Three is my maximum, too. Robson Square in Vancouver. Although, in my town, there are three within walking distance of eachother. That’s pretty big for a small town. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/3 "2006-09-02T10:38:20Z")
The only one I heard of was three at one corner and one inside and a few floors up in a building on the same corner. It kind of counted, but not really. This was second-hand from a repair person sent to the store… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/4 "2006-09-02T10:54:06Z")
I don’t know how many of these would actually be on one corner, but: [http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/\_/2005/01/ive\_got\_43\_star.html](http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2005/01/ive_got_43_star.html) Wow. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/5 "2006-09-02T11:03:12Z")
From the looks of the store list, I’d say [Shanghai](http://www.starbucks.sh.cn/IntlCMS/(X(1)S(pp0jyz55prfvf0vaarajkp45))/Templates/Content/YourStore/StoreFullFormat.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bADE3E1BB-1250-4631-B564-1BE82D249DB7%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fen-US%2f_Our%2bStores%2fShanghai%2bPuxi%2bStores%2ehtm&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1) is a pretty good candidate… ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/6 "2006-09-02T12:55:06Z")
At the IFC in Hong Kong, there’s one on the bottom floor, one in the mall proper, and another one right outside. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/7 "2006-09-02T13:58:31Z")
I’ve got 69 Starbucks retail stores within 5 miles of my apartment. It’s insane. ---
**Author:** ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/8 "2006-09-02T20:09:56Z")
We have a complex of strip malls by my house. On one side of the street there’s a Safeway with a starbucks, and a starbucks in the parking lot. On the other side of the street there’s an Albertson’s with a starbucks, and a starbucks in the attached strip mall. Four starbucks, one intersection. I’m in Kent, WA by the way. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/9 "2006-09-03T02:46:31Z")
Go to the Starbuck’s store locator, and put in Las Vegas, within 5 miles. There are about 43 of them. (Pretty much one in every casino, plus some stand-alones) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/10 "2006-09-03T02:51:52Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > I’ve got 69 Starbucks retail stores within 5 miles of my apartment. > > It’s insane. By that measure, Manhattan is more insane; 191 stores within five miles of Grand Central Terminal. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/11 "2006-09-03T02:57:07Z")
I think I automatically lose. I used the search on their website and within 20 miles I got none. Within 50 it came up with 5 stores. I’m awful lucky that my town caters to a small, privately owned shop, just cause it’s awesome. Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/12 "2006-09-03T02:57:08Z")
Massachusetts is more of a Dunkin Donuts kind of place. In Milford Massachusetts about 5 miles from me, there are two freestanding Dunkin Donuts in addition to one in a gas station and one in a supermarket all well within 1 square mile. You can see all of them standing on the roof of a 2 story building and if you divide them in pairs, each one is within 1/4 of another one. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/13 "2006-09-03T03:00:20Z")
If you want the maximum density of McDonalds locations, one should look at Milan Italy of all places. I have no idea why but that city has one almost literally on every other block. It comes in handy for using the bathroom but it is a little odd. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/14 "2006-09-03T03:04:00Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > I’ve got 69 Starbucks retail stores within 5 miles of my apartment. > > It’s insane. If they’re all making money, I’d call it genius. Unless you’re referring to the customers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/15 "2006-09-03T04:14:54Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > I’ve got 69 Starbucks retail stores within 5 miles of my apartment. > > It’s insane. Hundred and five. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/16 "2006-09-03T04:22:42Z")
The obvious question which is begged is: how the hey do these outlets make any profit? What exactly is the overall strategic business plan here (if any)? As a non-coffee drinker perhaps I’m not grasping something obvious… ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/17 "2006-09-03T04:26:23Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > I’ve got 69 Starbucks retail stores within 5 miles of my apartment. > > It’s insane. 62 within 5 miles and 9 within 2 miles. My favorite Portland jole is to tell people to meet me at the McMenamins near the Starbucks. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/18 "2006-09-03T04:45:34Z")
Whew, only 34 Starbucks within a 5-mile radius of _my_ apartment. Glad we haven’t been overrun here yet. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/19 "2006-09-03T05:08:33Z")
41 within 5 miles, and 8 within 2 miles, and I’m not even in The Loop! (In The Loop there are 97 in 5 miles, 64 in 2 miles - none of them in my first count)! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/20 "2006-09-03T05:11:17Z")
> [@John DiFool](#): > > The obvious question which is begged is: how the hey do these outlets make any profit? > What exactly is the overall strategic business plan here (if any)? As a non-coffee drinker > perhaps I’m not grasping something obvious… My guess is that most people want to drink a cup of coffee while it’s still hot, and many like to carry it back to their offices rather than drinking it in the store, so more locations are better than fewer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184.md?page=2)