Serene Swarm of Starbucks

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I used to travel a lot with my old job. It took me all over the state on a regular basis and all over the country on a semi-regular basis. The one thing I could almost always count on was finding a Starbucks Coffee (unless I was at my office, which happened to be the only black hole coffee void known to man). If I didn't see a Starbucks right away, my GPS or friendly concierge would usually point me to one. None of this was needed, however, if I was at home.

No joke, I have 12 Starbucks Coffees within 4 miles of my house (truth be told 2 of them are 4.3 miles). If I go an additional 4 miles I run into 4 more. Additionally there is one more under construction that falls into the 4 mile range. If I travel into the city I get another 7 to chose from.

Now let me tell you about where I live. It is not in a large city. It is not near a large technology park, and it is not in Seattle. I live in the middle class suburbs of Richmond, Virginia. Now like I said, I have traveled all over the country for business and pleasure, and I hardy ever find this kind of saturation (though I have seen in).

So with this many to chose from, it just stands to reason that I have my favorites and my not so favorites, as well as a couple of Starbucks that I have never had the reason to go to. You, dear reader, will be able to hear about them all. After all, isn't that what the interlink is for?

Hanzo the Serene