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Keeping up with starbucks opening/closing stores would be impossible without the distributed power of their users, they pop everywhere, move regularly and aren't really critical for mapping. Luckily in SF you can't throw a stone without hitting a coffee shop, and of course, people here only use starbucks to meet people for craigslist transactions, no self respecting hipster would ever go in one.


To play devil's advocate: The starbucks.com store locator is presumably up to date, so one can find openings and closings relatively easily.

Additionally, Google is now providing wi-fi for Starbucks, so they really should have all the locations.

The hipster cafes, though, seem harder to find automatically.




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