Originally Posted by
bensyd
As for your friends who you were visiting with not being able to show you a place to get coffee except Starbuck's I have no answer.....they weren't by any chance international students where they? Reason I ask is that the only people I ever saw at Starbuck's were international (usually from Asia) students.
I can report the same thing about Starbucks in Melbourne. Not a surprise that the few outlets that survived the recent cull were mainly in the CBD/Swanston St area where international student accomodation tends to be concentrated. With the decline of Starbucks here, I hope they eventually discover the local, indie cafes than start migrating to Hudsons or Gloria Jeans... Now why do I feel like petitioning uni to incorporate some sort of coffee crawl for future international student orientations.
