Comments on: starbucks density watch http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:15:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: josh http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-273 josh Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:59:04 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/#comment-273 <b>delocator</b>: thanks for mentioning delocator on this post -- Cat wrote about it a few months later [<a href="http://seattle.metblogs.com/archives/2005/04/speaking_of_alt.phtml" rel="nofollow">mb</a>], still it's nice for the two links to finally find their way to the same archived page. delocator: thanks for mentioning delocator on this post — Cat wrote about it a few months later [mb], still it’s nice for the two links to finally find their way to the same archived page.

]]> By: julie http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-272 julie Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:57:55 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/#comment-272 Visit www.delocator.net, a web-site dedicated to preserving the underdog, and saving the indie cafes from Starbucks' corporate sprawl. Here you can enter your zip-code, and you will not only see your non-corporate to Starbucks cafe ratio, but also the address and comments of fellow cafe patrons. I'm in Chicago with a 95:124 non-corp. to Starbucks ratio. For everyone else in Seattle, those in the 98104 zip will find a 81:126 ratio. Keep up the good fight by adding unlisted indie cafes. Thanks for all of the coffee enlightenment! Visit http://www.delocator.net, a web-site dedicated to preserving the underdog, and saving the indie cafes from Starbucks’ corporate sprawl. Here you can enter your zip-code, and you will not only see your non-corporate to Starbucks cafe ratio, but also the address and comments of fellow cafe patrons. I’m in Chicago with a 95:124 non-corp. to Starbucks ratio. For everyone else in Seattle, those in the 98104 zip will find a 81:126 ratio.
Keep up the good fight by adding unlisted indie cafes. Thanks for all of the coffee enlightenment!

]]> By: josh http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-271 josh Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:34:56 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/#comment-271 I'd guess that there are at least 3 independent shops to every 1 Starbucks, but doing the counting is way more effort than I'm prepared to do. I’d guess that there are at least 3 independent shops to every 1 Starbucks, but doing the counting is way more effort than I’m prepared to do.

]]> By: b3n http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-270 b3n Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:32:59 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/#comment-270 Hmmm... I wonder how many *$ we'd have in a five-mile _radius_ if it wasn't for Puget Sound and Lake Washington taking up more than half that circle? Or if you compare our five-mile radius to say, landlocked Denver's? Hmmm… I wonder how many *$ we’d have in a five-mile _radius_ if it wasn’t for Puget Sound and Lake Washington taking up more than half that circle? Or if you compare our five-mile radius to say, landlocked Denver’s?

]]> By: Cat Nilan http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Cat Nilan Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:43:02 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2005/01/25/starbucks-density-watch/#comment-269 I did this inadvertently the other day, when I was looking up information for the "Capitol Hill" Starbucks. Using my address I get the same number as you -- 87. Personally, I'd be much more interested in knowing how many non-chain purveyors of coffee there are in that same area. In the course of my cafe-related research, I came across <a href="http://www.addyourown.com" rel="nofollow">www.addyourown.com</a>, a nifty little wiki-like website that allows you to read and write reviews of coffee shops, restaurants, etc., by neighborhood. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be getting much traffic, but it's a really nifty idea. Go to the main <a href="http://www.addyourown.com/index.php?cat_id=6&city_id=13" rel="nofollow">Seattle coffee shop page</a> to look for (and add to) listings for your neighborhood. I did this inadvertently the other day, when I was looking up information for the “Capitol Hill” Starbucks. Using my address I get the same number as you — 87. Personally, I’d be much more interested in knowing how many non-chain purveyors of coffee there are in that same area.

In the course of my cafe-related research, I came across http://www.addyourown.com, a nifty little wiki-like website that allows you to read and write reviews of coffee shops, restaurants, etc., by neighborhood. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be getting much traffic, but it’s a really nifty idea. Go to the main Seattle coffee shop page to look for (and add to) listings for your neighborhood.

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