# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/61 "2006-09-05T17:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] ($4-5) Yep, that’s why a lot of folks here call them Fourbucks. [/QUOTE] Maybe things are different in San Fransisco, but the largest (venti) regular Starbucks coffee here by my house (in Chicago, no less) is $1.80. It’s the espresso drinks that are $4-$5. Then again, it is San Francisco, but I would like independent confirmation before I believe that a regular cup of joe is $4-$5 there. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/62 "2006-09-05T17:58:39Z")
There are 19 within five miles of me, so not too many. I typically prefer Kiva Han (Pgh local store) anyway, but I do love Frappuccinos. Nobody makes a good iced coffee outside of KH and Starbucks; most places will just dump a bunch of ice cubes in the coffee if you ask for “iced coffee” and will look down their noses and point to their “Starbucks sucks” sign if you say “no, I mean, like a Frappuccino.” I don’t drink normal coffee in cafes since I can just get it for free at work so I have been known to go to Starbucks on occasion even though it makes me feel dirty. Note to local coffee shops: more froo-froo drinks! I want my coffee, chocolate, and whipped cream all together, all at once. ---
**Author:** ![jay-c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jay-c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jay-c)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/63 "2006-09-05T18:07:32Z")
Polaris Fashion Center in Columbus, Ohio has 3 Starbucks inside. Directly across the street from the mall is a free-standing Starbucks with drive-thru. Behind that Starbucks is a Barnes & Noble with another Starbucks inside. Also across from the mall is JPMorgan Chase’s headquarters, which has its own Starbucks in it as well. So that’s 6 within a 200 yard radius, at most. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/64 "2006-09-05T21:50:15Z")
[QUOTE=parsnip] I’m a suburban WAHM who does my share of volunteer work. Starbucks cards seem to be a common currency both for giving/receiving to teachers and helpers in all venues. I have $80 worth in my bag, some of which are left over from Christmas. I can’t regift the holiday ones unless I go into the store and swap them out. The 3 stores (1 in a Safeway) within walking distance are always so busy I don’t have the patience to wait to conduct the switch. [/QUOTE] Ooo gift card swap! I don’t suppose you like Abercrombie&Fitch, then? I can’t seem to get rid of it for the life of me! ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/65 "2006-09-06T00:44:14Z")
I have 92 within a 5-mile radius of home, and 99 within 5 miles of work. The nearest to home is the one that employs my husband, and it’s _maybe_ a 5-minute walk. He has the best commute! And no, plain-ol-coffee does not, at your average US Starbucks, cost $4.00. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/66 "2006-09-06T01:40:13Z")
[QUOTE=stargazer] I have 92 within a 5-mile radius of home, and 99 within 5 miles of work. ! . [/QUOTE] You win! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![grayhairedmomma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/47e85d/32.png) [@grayhairedmomma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grayhairedmomma)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/67 "2006-09-06T06:22:23Z")
I’ve got 81 within five miles of home and 95 within five miles of work. Am I the only person in the entire world who actually seeks out 7-Eleven coffee? My hierarchy is ex-boyfriend’s coffee, 7-eleven, dunkin donuts, my homemade coffee and then whatever happens to be where ever I’m going. Although Dunkin Donuts is good I can never actually trust that they’ll put the correct amount of sugar & cream in the cup or the lid on tightly which makes them second to 7-eleven. My coffee is last because I have to do all the work myself. 🙂 I’m so lowbrow. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/68 "2006-09-06T14:36:49Z")
[QUOTE=grayhairedmomma] …Am I the only person in the entire world who actually seeks out 7-Eleven coffee?.. …Although Dunkin Donuts is good I can never actually trust that they’ll put the correct amount of sugar & cream in the cup or the lid on tightly which makes them second to 7-eleven. My coffee is last because I have to do all the work myself. 🙂 I’m so lowbrow. [/QUOTE] No, you’re no lowbrow, 7-Eleven is my first choice too, outside of my own homebrew. I wish I liked DD better, as a relative owns several of them, and I could have regular supplies of their beans if I wanted. I also like 7-11 because I make it myself. French (or Dark Mountan) Roast, light cream, sugar and a drop of that French Vanilla chemical glop, that’s as frou-frou as I get. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/69 "2006-09-06T15:30:44Z")
[QUOTE=stargazer] I have 92 within a 5-mile radius of home, and 99 within 5 miles of work. [/QUOTE] Yeah, well, we’re in Seattle. Heck, I have a dozen Starbucks within a hundred yards of me. As of last week, there’s one in my pancreas. ---
**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 6, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184/70 "2006-09-06T15:34:11Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] You win! 🆒 [/QUOTE] No no no! Look back at my post. 105. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-with-4-starbucks/371184.md?page=3)