Maximum Starbucks density
Newworldman reader Johny Canal points us towards an interesting post at kottke.org looking for the maximum Starbucks density as measured by the default 5 mile radius of the Starbucks locator. JC lives in Kitsilano, and while I was not surprised to hear that he scored a 60 store density, I was surprised to find that my score was 71. I guess my East Van address captures more of downtown in its 5-mile radius.
The smaller 2-mile radius is more interesting, where JC has a 12 Starbuck density, I score 6, but interestingly one of the listings is “coming soon”. Tracked with some interest this could be a great metric for measuring gentrification and real estate market timing.
January 28th, 2005 at 21:59
Distance on the x axis, Starbucks count on the y; that would give you an idea of where density is going. I imagine that it might look like a wave. More accurately, make that graph on a different plane (say, something circular) and a city might actually look like a cluster of neighbourhoods with extendings densities that more closely resemble epicenters. i.e. Starbucks don’t travel in a straight when they first enter a market but they might appear to when they begin to saturate a market. Their behaviour more closely resembles that of an earthquake and aftershocks. Starbucks tsunami anyone?
January 7th, 2007 at 11:00
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