"I've got 43 Starbucks locations within a five-mile radius of my apartment...."

That's what Manhattan resident Justin [no last name disclosed] writes on Kottke.org. He adds: "I can’t help but to get competitive here, can anyone beat that?" Anyone? (Here's the Starbucks store locator.) (Kottke.org)

Comments

[Aaron]

I'm not sure I quite believe that. I lived in Seattle and had three within a half-mile. But 43 locations in a five-mile radius? That's a ton. Maybe he's counting every little place that serves Starbucks brand coffee and not just Starbucks cafes.

remember NYC is a bit more dense in population than Seattle. Starbucks needs people to survive and not that many live in dense areas in seattle like they do in NY

According to the Starbucks locator I have 90 within 5 miles (zip code 98102). Yes, that does include 8 'carts' on the UW campus but most of the other locations are legit. (A 5 mile radius from Capitol Hill *does* include most of the city. A 1 mile search radius would say more about an individual neighborhood.)

52 near my place in Toronto at Spadina/St. Clair

and 21 stores within a 2 mile radius

[Aaron]

It still is a bit staggering to believe.

[Moko]

Ninety one! And sixty one of those are within two miles. That's downtown Chicago (60610). Staggering indeed.

[Lori]

73 within a 5 mile radius of my zip code (Northern VA); 27 within a 2 mile radius.

[jk]

Only 3 within a 5-mile radius of my home in Albany, NY - and only one of them is an actual store. One is in a bank branch and another in a supermarket.

[Aaron Spew]

I live near downtown St. Paul, and there are only 4 stores within a 5 mile radius, half of them in downtown, but within a 10 mile radius, there are 27.

AS

[Mitch]

54 within 5 miles of West Hollywood.

[frank]

18 of those nasty icky satan's spawn locations within five miles of Emeryville Calif. (near Berkeley and Oakland)....what I want to know is how Starbucks gets away with its pornographic logo? I mean yeah, it's cropped, but c'mon, one can only imagine...

[amanda]

i have 58 in the 5 mile radius, onle 3 in the 2 mile radius
we don't get much starbucks up in harlem. hmmm, wonder why, geee, maybe its because of the LOWER INCOME BRACKET and starbucks is WAY OVERPRICED

[melina]

2 miles = 1 store
5 miles = 10 stores
10 miles = 19 stores
20 miles = 48 stores
50 miles = 285 stores

wow...that extra 30 miles really goes up exponentially, but, i live in north san diego county, practically shoulder to shoulder with the oc and bits of l.a. county.

[Hirayuki]

I have just two "retail stores" within five miles, and only one is a stand-alone. I'm wondering why they counted the one in the department store and not the one in the Barnes & Noble (both of which are within walking distance of the stand-alone).
This is in suburban Detroit, by the way. I've always been slightly puzzled by people (in other areas) complaining about not being able to turn the corner without bumping into a Starbucks, since we practically have a deficit here. Send your extra stores our way! (Yeah, I should be careful what I wish for...)

[Hipsy]

I found 169 Starbucks within a 5 mile radius, but I do work in midtown Manhattan, so that explains it. There are three I can see from my office window, actually.

[STARBUCKS GOSSIP webmaster]

There are 26 Starbucks stores within 5 miles of my locale. In Evanston, there's a Starbucks at 2114 Central St. A second Central Street store -- a dozen blocks away, at 3300 Central -- opened in early December. I'm told that business at the 2114 store is down 50% since 3300 opened. Cannibalization problem, it appears.

[magic1]

I'm with Hipsy. In fact, I work in Rockefeller Center and I pass two stores in our basement alone!

[Sarah]

66 Starbucks within 5 miles of my address in downtown San Francisco; 35 within 5 miles of my office in San Jose.

[Decaffienated]

C'mon. Try local.google.com
and search for Dunkin' Donuts and other
chains around your area, such as Chicken,
Burger, Bubble tea etc.
Have imagination, not what the corps tell you to
think.

[d]

that search engine gave me 92 in a 5-mile radius... some are stands w/in stores (like the atlantic center target... i'm in brooklyn).

[John_Halfz]

only 62. But then, I live in Washington, DC. Eight of those are within 5 blocks of each other, but there's really not too much Starbucks flavor in the poorer sections of town (i.e. 80% of the city).

[c]

One invaded our corner of Queens (hiss!), but within 5 miles it is giving me 120 stores, including manhattan and the UES. Why would anyone go there when we have tons of actual greek cafes all over astoria?

[Don Juan]

Two. But one is in a SuperTarget and the other I've never seen before. The only other one I can think of around here is in a Barnes and Noble.

[CoffeeBoy]

25 from my home in VA; 59 from my work in downtown DC.

[Cunning Stunt]

Close to downtown Seattle here, and 86 within five miles.

I pass three of them on my two-and-half block walk to the bus stop in the morning. Oh, and I also pass four very established and popular independent cafes along the way. What was that about Starbucks killing off competition, again?

[cindy]

164 Starbucks within 5 miles from my apt in manhattan!

[Larry Davenport]

I have 89 Starbuck's within five miles of my work (The University of Washington), 40 Tully's, and 272 independent coffee shops, carts, and diners.

[soldado23]

164 retail stores from my old apt in 10003 (NY, NY) in a 5 mi radius.

[Thinksdifferent]

I live in downtown Washington D.C. and the DC area breaks down as follows:

2 miles: 37
5 miles: 65
10 miles: 105
20 miles: 177
50 miles: 264

[macman05]

I live on the upper east side in NYC and the festering boil of the coffee industry has the following number of stores around my area:

2 miles: 107
5 miles: 166
10 miles: 187
20 miles: 260
50 miles: 367

[whereishawkins]

87 within 5 miles (60611 - but hey, I figure that the lake gets in the way of viral spread).

55 are within 2 miles.

[funone]

20 within 5 miles of downtown Honolulu.... (3 of those at one intersection)

[sussler]

I didn't check the store locator but you can stand in City Hall Park in downtown Manhattan and see 3 *$ within 4 blocks of each other. There are another 6 within 3 blocks that you just can't see from that spot.

Within our little corner of paradise however, there are more Duane Reade Drugstores than *$. You can see 4 from the same spot in City Hall Park.

[sussler]

correction: You can only see 3 Duane Reades from that spot. There are 2 more immediately around corners in the same area.

[thinksdifferent]

Halleleujah!!! I just checked out my mom's place in Iowa City, IA and the *$ breakdown goes a little like this:

2 miles: 1
5 miles: 1
10 miles: 2
20 miles: 2
50 miles: 4

Iowa City has a habit of rejecting all things corporate and wrong like *$, and prefers to stick with local shops and whatnot. Thank god there are still places like this in america. Down with starbucks! viva la revolution!

[Louise]

Richmond, Virginia is the most under-Starbucked place in the world. Up until last year, there were (I think) only two stores in the entire metro area. There are only four now. If you work in downtown Richmond and want a cup of Starbucks coffee on your lunchbreak, you have to get in your car and drive a couple miles.

[Cunning Stunt]

thinksdifferent, would this Iowa City be the same one supporting four WalMarts within a 22-mile radius?

[Francine McKenna]

Within a five mile radius of my apartment in Lincoln Park, Chicago, zip code 60614, there are 98 !

Since I am an addict, I am grateful.

fm

it's the same iowa city that starbucks is just getting to.

just wait.

there will be more

[thinksdifferent]

Cunning Stunt,
Yes, sadly, you're right. The only place I despise more than starbucks is wal-mart. At least a majority of the people at starbucks have college educations.

I don't think starbucks will make a large inroad in Iowa City as people there tend to not like things that are big and corporate like *$. I really think people will support the local coffee shops (like Java House) and make a stand to keep them from expanding much more.

[this space for rent]

Within 5 miles:
My old ZIP, 98105: 91
My current ZIP, 98632: 0

That's not to say there isn't a SBUX here, so maybe the locator is undercounting. There is a very heavily trafficked one here but it's not right in the center of town. There are at least two others in grocery stores in my county.

[Ryan Alan Bryant]

$tarbucks is soooo over-rated. Their coffee doesnt even taste that good, because they try to make it to exotic or something. Yes, I am the coffee capital of the world. Welcome to Seattle, Washington, ground zero. Personaly if prefer the independent drive thru kiosks. What say you??

[Cunning Stunt]

Um... yay for you? It's coffee, not a lifestyle. :)

[Stan]

56 locations within a 5-mile radius of Hawthorne District in Portland. I'm actually surprised there aren't more.

does anyone know how much a district manager makes?

with what experience and time in industry. The range is big

[Sam]

Here in Cobble Hill Bklyn-the count is: 164 w/in a 5 mile radius and in the 20 mile radius: 264!!!!!

I have worked as an ASM for Sbux, and though the company had (myriad) problems, I am still addicted to the products.

264,though?

Oy.

[lana]

I understand how most of you feel. I once didn't understand the Starbucks phenomenon either. Then I started working in one and found out why they are so big. I think it is true that they don't have the best coffee in the world, because I love Port City Java the local chain in North Carolina where I went to college. However, the thing that most of you seem to not understand is why there are so many Starbucks in any given area. My best suggestion to you is go work at one. You get up every morning at 3am without your morning coffee b/c hey you work at Starbucks and have to make coffee for everyone else. Then at 10am when your morning rush dies down think about the 400 or so drinks you just served and ask why there are so many Starbucks around.
The people that dislike Starbucks and Wal-mart think of these companies as evil, and neglect to see the great things they do. For example just the American Starbucks corporation (yes there is American and International) donated more money to the Tsunami relief than any other company. Another example goes so small as my store donates our pastries we don't sell everyday by 2pm to a local homeless shelter. (and no jokes about them being stale either-they arrive fresh everyday at 2am-so they are just as good then as at 6am- we know because we wouldn't donate bad pastries)
Starbucks got to where it is today by hiring the best business people and making its products available to the masses. The only problem there is that they did it first. We could all be drinking Joe's coffee or Port City Java Coffee if they had done what Starbucks had.
Think about all of that before you complain. No one said you had to like them or be a patron.

[jon]

Actually Wal Mart is an evil corporation. Look into their HR practices closely and you will see why. Never put Walmart into the same group for any kind of business practice. They are very different in so many ways. Trust me I have worked for both and can tell you so many stories about why Wal-mart is always in trouble with the labor boards and Starbucks is considered one of the best companies to work for in the US.