How far away from "civilization" do you live?

[NightWatcher]

And by "civilization" what I mean is, how far away are you from a Starbucks?

Me, I'm about a 20 minute drive from two locations in either location.

[Chan790]

1. 30 seconds. nt

[NYC_SKP]

2. I could walk to the nearest Starbucks in 45 minutes.

It would be a 5 minute drive.

Of course I'd rather go to the indy place nearby for coffee!

[Shrek]

3. About three miles by your standard

But better coffee is much closer than that.

[tjwmason]

44. Good coffee is often closer than Starbucks

[rrneck]

4. Fifteen miles and two thousand feet elevation. nt

[Auggie]

5. About 1/3 of a mile

[ChazII]

18. Another DUer

that is approx. 1/3 of a mile.

[Auggie]

23. I discovered another today in the same shopping complex ...

in a Target store 200 yards away. So that's two Starbucks within a 1/2 mile, virtually side-by-side.

[pscot]

6. 20 miles and a round trip on a ferry

[Turbineguy]

7. I live in an area where I am surrounded by republicans

does that count as being isolated from civilization?

[bluedigger]

8. 45 miles to the nearest Starbucks/Albertson's.

But I have several independent coffee shops within walking distance of my place here in town.

[olddots]

9. I consider starbucks to be the end of civilization

The closest Indy coffee place is now about 11 miles away or a 45 minute drive in L.A. time .On the other hand there are 14 Starbucks within a 5 mile radius of here ,they have them inside grocery stores ,the one corporate book store and rumor has it that if you can get the key for the bathroom at a Starbucks there is a Starbucks inside the bathroom .

How many Subways do we have ? 12 gazillion but they don't have WiFi .

[Denninmi]

10. About 2 miles.

It's the burbs, what can I say?

[miked62916]

11. About 5 minutes

Thank god.

[hobbit709]

12. Starbucks is anticivilization.

About the only thing worse would be a McDonalds.

[LiberalEsto]

13. Let's put it this way:

I live less than 20 miles from the U.S. Capitol.

There is nothing even REMOTELY resembling civilization in this area.

[ConcernedCanuk]

14. Not far enough . .

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[femmocrat]

15. A 20 minutes drive.

It is in the Barnes and Noble, which is our only remaining bookstore. I don't go to Starbucks, just to B & N.

[RebelOne]

16. Starbucks is practically around the corner from my house.

But I never go there, so it doesn't make any difference how far it is.

[handmade34]

17. 64.9 miles

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=burlington,+vt&daddr=West+Danville,+Danville,+VT&hl=en&ll=44.37884,-72.58667&spn=3.816173,9.876709&sll=44.409502,-72.195099&sspn=0.015574,0.038581&geocode=FeqlpgIdWN-i-ynlVZu2VXrKTDGOSQ5yGeVfww%3BFZ6ipQId5WOy-ykZ2fK6iUy0TDEZ2_LiCkYF6Q&t=m&gl=us&mra=ls&z=7

[alarimer]

19. A million miles. I'm in North Carolina

There's no civilization here, to judge by the state assembly and governor. I moved here from Texas. It turned crazy just as soon as I got here, so I might be to blame.

Sorry.

[JoeyT]

20. About 90 miles.

Which is just about right.

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. 40 minutes from a Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Mall etc etc. 20 minutes from a Dunkin' Donuts, hardware

store, pharmacy, larger grocery store, but you could not do all of your shopping in town as clothing options are next to nil.

We have a wee grocery in our town, B&Bs that are summer-only businesses. Ditto for the restaurants. (We do have a little college, which I think should count for civilization.)

[hunter]

22. Easy walking distance.

But there's better coffee in my kitchen.

[LeftofObama]

24. Even though I'm an agnostic/atheist, I've always said that I live

about 50 miles from where god pays attention.

[Generic Brad]

25. I'm at ground zero

I live at Starbucks

[cyberswede]

26. I don't even know.

There's probably one in the college town where I work, but I've never had occasion to look for one.

I can walk from home to a store that sells Fat Tire in 5 minutes, though, which is important.

[likesmountains 52]

27. I'd walk past at least 5 locally owned shops in the 2 miles from here to Starbucks.

We must love coffee here in my smallish (18,000) town!

[HeiressofBickworth]

28. About 3 blocks

I could walk there in no time at all, but despite the proximity , I never go there. I'm a tea drinker and get my various kinds of tea from a little local tea and tea accessories shop about 4 miles from my house.

I had a lovely cup of tea at the movie theater this afternoon, now I need to find it so I can have some at home. It was a chai with cardamom. Very tasty.

[Agschmid]

29. I'm 40 miles from a Wegmans...

(That is what I consider civilized)

[HarveyDarkey]

30. 58.3 miles according to Google maps

Makes no difference. I've never been to a Starbucks and I plan on keeping that record clean.

[politicat]

31. 0.9 mile.

Can bike it in 5 minutes if I'm willing to play dodge 'em on a too narrow stretch of main street. Takes ten if I stick to trails side streets.

But there's better coffee at .8 mi and excellent in my kitchen.

[Riftaxe]

32. 30 miles but when is paying $4 for a $0.20 cup of coffee

civilized?

[petronius]

33. 0.4 miles, according to GoogleMaps. 0.6 miles to the next closest

However, the locally owned art gallery/coffee shop that I actually would call 'civilization' is 1.0 miles away (a very easy bike ride)...

[Nevernose]

34. Six feet

I have a mobile air conditioner to supplement the 35 year old ac this house came with. Could I survive in a zombie apolaclypse? Almost certainly. Would I want to?

Are the zombies air conditioned?

[Locut0s]

35. 0.3 miles according to Google Maps. nt

[Granny M]

36. Only Starbucks in this part of Ireland closed last year.

So, I'm about 3.5 hour drive away. Or, alternatively, a 90-minute flight to Amsterdam where there are 3 Starbucks in the airport. However, there is great coffee from local businesses about 20 minutes away.

[steve2470]

37. 1.5 miles to the east of one

25 feet to my kitchen

[rurallib]

38. I am guessing @ 20 minutes - never been in one

and a close friend owns a coffee shop.

[jmowreader]

39. One mile from a Starbucks, 35 miles from civilization

[NRaleighLiberal]

40. within 10 miles of my house there are 21 Starbucks...holy shit!

[Incitatus]

41. Heh, many here also. The map looks like one of those sex offender maps. nt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

42. Google maps indicates seven (7) of them within a radius of about five miles

If I expand the radius to 10 miles it's eleven. The closest one is eight blocks away. I'm four blocks from a Walmart. Hey I live in a veritable ant hill of overpopulation in southern California.

I'd rather define civilization by how many jazz clubs or classical music concert halls are in the area. In that case it's zero.

[krispos42]

43. About 1¼ miles, as the car drives.

Which also puts me in the same area as a BoA, a Wells Fargo, a Chase Bank, an Old Navy, a Panera, a Duchess, a Moe's, a half-dozen-plus local restaurants, a Trader Joe's, and a Radio Shack.

Further up the street is the obligatory McDonald's, more local restaurants, a TD bank, a Shop Rite, a CVS...



I live in a crowded, affluent suburb that likes to pretend it's a quiet, affluent exurb. It's not.

[mnhtnbb]

45. Starbucks is a 5 minute drive--or 25 minute walk--but good luck with parking .

We have Caribou Coffee much closer and even better than that a local place called Caffe Driade which is closet.

I have never been in this particular Starbucks on Franklin Street in town. I have been in the Caribou Coffee occasionally--which used to be a bank on a major intersection. Most often I go
to Caffe Driade which backs up to a walking trail and canyon.

[Wait Wut]

46. If you're judging civilization by Starbuck's location...1/2 a block.

But, I wouldn't call this 'civilization'.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

47. not far enough.

[sharp_stick]

48. I'm about 8 miles from a Starbucks

but around here a better calibrator would probably be Dunkin Donuts, I've got three of them within 4 miles of the house.

[Broken_Hero]

49. about 35 miles from Starbucks nt