In an article titled Maximum Starbucks Density, Jason Kottke points to a blog entry by Justin Blanton, who used the Starbucks locator web page

and discovered that there are 43 Starbucks branches within a 5-mile

radius of his apartment. He challenged readers to beat that. I can, with 51 branches. The record — a whopping 170 Starbucks — belongs to an area “around Broadway in NYC”.

While looking at some of the locations on the map of the Starbucks near

my house, I got the urge to annotate the map (classifying things

qualifies as a recreational activity in the nerd world). Here’s what I

put together — click the map below for a larger version:

Joey deVilla

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  • United States

    The nearest Retail Stores in your area are listed below.

    [Sorry, no listings]

    YEAH! I F-ing RULE!

    Opening it up to 10 miles gets me 4... I get to 40 with a 50 mile search...

    That's ok, starbucks... move along.. nothing to see here...

  • Yep, I also get 51 Starbucks, I think I live less than 5 miles from you because I get mostly the same ones, just in a different order (the closest to my apartment first).

  • It's refreshing to see someone post their street address in their blog. It takes a lot of the effort out of stalking.

    -- Lara

  • I actually was thinking the same thing. I had a description of my building in a couple of posts, but I later deleted it. But if you really want to find me, you can figure it out from some of my entries. This is way too revealing, though.

  • My resume's been online for years, and th eonly people who have ever stalked me were Human Resources departments and headhunters (er, I mean "Professional Job Placement Specialists").

  • Within 50 miles of my home...NONE! I went to the largest town in the area (about 60 miles away) and did a 50 mile search from it. Also none.

    Although I do know the Barnes and Noble there serves Starbucks coffee. Gee, all of a sudden I feel like a real hick.

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