SouL (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} studlyspam) wrote,@ 2007-02-16 19:23:00 |
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Starschmucks
Someone needs to start a decent cafe near Google. I have tried to locate one today with no luck. There is a place right near Google called Michael's Cafe, but for some reason the wifi doesn't work there and they don't really have much choice coffee wise. It is more of an eating place. There only seems to be Starbucks around here. Oddly Google Maps showed one pretty much in one of their parking lots and there definitely isn't one there. It might be in another building around there, I dunno.
Ever since I moved into my loft I have been thinking a lot about the way towns are laid out here in the states. One of my favorite things about living in Europe was that it was easy to walk everywhere you needed to go. If there was a grocery store near my loft I would be totally set. There are places to eat, parks, museums / galleries, and even an extremely noisy club right next to me ;P, but the nearest grocery store is a bit of a stretch (2-3 miles).
On the walk to this cafe I noticed there were tons of businesses clumped together, all single story buildings, with no restaurants or housing nearby. I can see some benefits to it, but generally it really doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Someone needs to start a decent cafe near Google. I have tried to locate one today with no luck. There is a place right near Google called Michael's Cafe, but for some reason the wifi doesn't work there and they don't really have much choice coffee wise. It is more of an eating place. There only seems to be Starbucks around here. Oddly Google Maps showed one pretty much in one of their parking lots and there definitely isn't one there. It might be in another building around there, I dunno.
Ever since I moved into my loft I have been thinking a lot about the way towns are laid out here in the states. One of my favorite things about living in Europe was that it was easy to walk everywhere you needed to go. If there was a grocery store near my loft I would be totally set. There are places to eat, parks, museums / galleries, and even an extremely noisy club right next to me ;P, but the nearest grocery store is a bit of a stretch (2-3 miles).
On the walk to this cafe I noticed there were tons of businesses clumped together, all single story buildings, with no restaurants or housing nearby. I can see some benefits to it, but generally it really doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
