Within 5 miles of my house, there are 21 Starbucks Retail stores.
Within 10 miles, there are 96.
This includes downtown Los Angeles. In the rectangle formed by Figueroa, 3rd, Olive, and 5th, a rectangle less than a third of a mile on its long side and less than a quarter mile on its short side, there are eight.
Whoops! Miscounted because the dots on the map representing the ones at 330 South Hope st. and 333 South Hope Street were on top of each other. There are in fact, nine Starbucks in this very walkable area.
We don’t have as many Starbucks here in England as you guys have (thank Og)
I’ve visited a few when in Manchester centre and to be honest with you I was not impressed with the coffee.
OTOH I’ve had Starbucks coffee in Rhode Island/Illinois/Michigan and a few other states and have found it quite acceptable.
I’ve never been to Starbucks, since all coffee tastes like piss to me, but do they sell anything else there that’s good? Pastries? or vodka?
Hell yes. They sell all kinds of frappucino (ice-blended) drinks, many of which don’t even have coffee in them at all. And they are delicious.
Definitely not here in New Haven. In contrast to these posters with dozens of hits, there are only four within five miles from me, and only one of those is a walkable five. Yes, there are a few places where the local chains have not been ground into a paste and show no signs of doing so.
Try the Stoli Blended Tea sometime. <whoosh!>
I’m pretty low on the scale of Starbucks to where I live:
2 miles - 0
5 miles - 1
10 - 2
20 - 4
50 - 20
Seven, only seven, and I live near Midway Airport, in the city proper.
Zero within fifty miles here. I’ve never even seen a Starbucks. Evidently they’ve concentrated on large cities.
I work in downtown and was going to do this same search, but I’m glad you beat me to it. Unfortunately, I have no use for any of the Starbucks as I don’t drink coffee. 
:eek:
OK, we’ve finally identified the REAL difference between The North Side and The South Side!
John DiFool writes:
> What exactly is the overall strategic business plan here (if any)?
Their business plan is the following: Continue to look for likely new sites for Starbucks, even in places where there are already many of them. If you identify a good location for one, open up a new Starbucks there, regardless of how close it is to other Starbucks. If it doesn’t get enough business within a given time, close it. If it pulls away much of the business from another Starbucks, close the old one. They consider it a waste of time to worry about whether opening a new place will result in decreased business at an old place or whether a new place is definitely a good place for business. They figure they can always close Starbucks which don’t get good enough sales.
He asked if they had anything else that was good. Vodka was only a suggestion - although a Stoli Blended Tea might not be a bad idea.
Lets see… Starbucks’ within 5 miles of my home: 0.
Starbucks’ in my entire country: 0.
The last one shut down 3 years ago. Couldn’t handle the competition.
McAllen, TX
Pop. 116,501
3 StarBucks
The store locator doesn’t list any near me, but I think there’s one in one of the bookstores in town. The locator lists 13 in the state. I was going to claim that I won the thread, until I saw Alessan’s post (I think Israel is smaller in area than Montana, but it has higher population, and besides, it is a country).
Are all of these across-the-street stores really different establishments, though? It seems more likely to me that all of the 'bucks at a single intersection would have the same management and employee pool. Like, a barrista might show up for work, “Hey, Sara, Bob’s sick, so you’ll be working the south store today”.
There are four Starbucks in Vermont.
In ALL of Vermont.
Another reason to like Vermont.
I feel so lucky. Number of Starbucks within a 40-mile radius: 0.
$4-5 for a cup of coffee and a few teaspoons of milk, sugar, few ice cubes and 30 seconds of an employees time. Multiply that by 200-300 per day and you have your answer.