http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/06/21/starbucks-sustainability-and-livability/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:31:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/06/21/starbucks-sustainability-and-livability/#comment-13521 » Checkmate: A Serious Comedy Piece About Those “Checks Cashed” Places » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century : Joey deVilla’s Personal Blog Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:51:35 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/06/21/starbucks-sustainability-and-livability/#comment-13521 [...] telling — and one idea I’ve covered before — is Starbucks. The more banks a neighbourhood has, the more Starbucks it has. “Bank [...] [...] telling — and one idea I’ve covered before — is Starbucks. The more banks a neighbourhood has, the more Starbucks it has. “Bank [...]

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/06/21/starbucks-sustainability-and-livability/#comment-7735 Anonymous Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:52:06 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/06/21/starbucks-sustainability-and-livability/#comment-7735 My favoite commerce based indicator (and it can be a pain to dig up) is: How long does a journeyman carpenter have to work to earn enough money to buy an additional loaf of the local standard bread. I think it was in a Heinlein essay where I first saw this. (http://recycledknowledge.blogspot.com/2005/10/heinlein-index.html) My favoite commerce based indicator (and it can be a pain to dig up) is: How long does a journeyman carpenter have to work to earn enough money to buy an additional loaf of the local standard bread. I think it was in a Heinlein essay where I first saw this. (http://recycledknowledge.blogspot.com/2005/10/heinlein-index.html)

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/06/21/starbucks-sustainability-and-livability/#comment-7734 Anonymous Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:07:05 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/06/21/starbucks-sustainability-and-livability/#comment-7734 So I guess the next big thing it to predict where the next Starbucks is going to open, so you can buy before and sell afterwards. So I guess the next big thing it to predict where the next Starbucks is going to open, so you can buy before and sell afterwards.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/06/21/starbucks-sustainability-and-livability/#comment-7733 Anonymous Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:21:59 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/06/21/starbucks-sustainability-and-livability/#comment-7733 Forgive a little statistical skepticism, but aren't you really showing a strong correlation (in green) between different list-makers' selections of "largest US cities"? The conclusion that Starbucks goes hand-in-hand with sustainability doesn't hold up in the face of, for instance, Las Vegas being at the top of the Starbucks list but more than halfway down the sustainability ladder. Forgive a little statistical skepticism, but aren’t you really showing a strong correlation (in green) between different list-makers’ selections of “largest US cities”? The conclusion that Starbucks goes hand-in-hand with sustainability doesn’t hold up in the face of, for instance, Las Vegas being at the top of the Starbucks list but more than halfway down the sustainability ladder.

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