Starbucks vs. Dunkin Donuts

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Dunkin Donuts.


Here is a map showing a red dot for Dunkin Donut locations.



Here are the Starbucks locations.

That map is... not right at all.  I promise you there is more than one Dunkin in the NYC metro.

I wonder if they are excluding all the colocated Dunkin/Baskin Robbins locations (which most of the NYC-area Dunkins are)... but I'm pretty sure even that doesn't explain it.

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One in the entire state of california as well.  I just googled "dunkin philadelphia" and zoomed out all the way.  If I google "dunkin philadelphia" and zoom out only a little and scroll northeastward, I get this:

That's better.

Actually, I've heard that Dunkin' basically isn't in California (they withdrew just about all of their stores there a decade or so ago), so I didn't question that part of the map.

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Anyway, Dunkin's coffee is actually okay (nothing special but fine for everyday), but they tend to ruin it by assuming you want it "regular"/"light and sweet" with obscene amounts of cream and sugar.  Starbucks is overpriced but I appreciate the dependability of their WiFi if I'm in an unfamiliar locale and want to check the web.

I tend to make most of my coffee at home these days*, and if I'm going to a cafe I'd rather it be some local-schmocal place.

*Right now, I'm rolling with the blackwater budget choice: