[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by motion

The Starbucks along Pacific Coast Hwy here have been overrun by the downtrodden and homeless. They shuffle in with their bags and park themselves in the chairs and get free cups of ice water.

I've never seen this at Starbucks here, usually we see this at the library... That being said, in the past 10 - 15 years Starbucks has gone from being a little bit upscale to 'run down' and 'low rent' whereas McDonalds has transformed in the opposite direction.

My coffee preference is as follows:

Small Local Roaster -> Starbucks -> McDonalds -> Gas Station swill.