Parkguy Member Username: Parkguy
Post Number: 144 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 3:01 pm: | |
Another blow to our city. I need some coffee, NOW! http://www.thatsfit.com/2007/1 1/07/chicago-ranked-most-caffe inated-city-in-u-s/ |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1697 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 3:10 pm: | |
good, caffeine is terrible for you |
Renfirst Member Username: Renfirst
Post Number: 102 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 4:44 pm: | |
I saw a Starbucks on E. Jefferson near Indian Village hat had a DRIVE THRU... that was a first... |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 3976 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 5:11 pm: | |
As the yuppies and students return, so will coffee shops. Caffeine is good. |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 588 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 5:50 pm: | |
Good for the health nuts (which we have), bad for the business crowd (which we need). |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 589 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 5:52 pm: | |
Although, looks who else is in the top 5 least caffeinated. So may be us being there isn't so bad. If New York, Philly, and San Francisco is there, then that means caffeine is bad. Besides, I always though of San Francisco as a west coast Detroit anyway. We have so many similarities. (Message edited by DetroitRise on November 11, 2007) |
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw
Post Number: 453 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 5:53 pm: | |
5 - San Francisco 4 - Philadelphia 3 - New York 2 - Detroit 1 - Baltimore Not a bad bunch of cities to be with. Better than: 5- Tampa 4 - Miami 3 - Phoenix 2 - Atlanta 1 - Chicago |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 590 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 5:57 pm: | |
What I find interesting is that it's the Suburban style cities and hot cities that's the most caffeinated. I guess they need their frappucino to cool them off and that coffee to warm themselves when the temp gets below 50 degrees. |
Dougw Member Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1984 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 6:13 pm: | |
Also interesting that everyone thinks of Seattle as a coffee capital but they're not in the top 5. |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 2150 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 7:01 pm: | |
I was surprised that New York was so low. Kinda funny that 4 of the top 5 are warm weather cities while 4 of the bottom 5 are cold weather cities. Those people must consume a lot of caffeine... Besides, I always though of San Francisco as a west coast Detroit anyway. We have so many similarities. San Francisco? A west coast Detroit? You must be thinking of LA... |
Dds Member Username: Dds
Post Number: 462 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 7:03 pm: | |
quote:Besides, I always though of San Francisco as a west coast Detroit anyway. We have so many similarities. Tell me you were joking. Please. |
Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city
Post Number: 467 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 7:11 pm: | |
Ambassador Bridge - Golden Gate Bridge Transamerica Pyramid - Comerica Tower You get the idea! I wonder, do these studies consider the metro or are they strictly city? |
Dds Member Username: Dds
Post Number: 463 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 7:21 pm: | |
How could I have overlooked such obvious things!? So, I guess consuming such little amounts of caffeine makes up for being one of the most obese cities every year? |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 3772 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 7:29 pm: | |
I'm not sure I believe it but I have heard that the reason they drink so much coffee in hot middle-eastern countries is because it causes perspiration which helps cool the skin. Conversely, I have also heard that caffeine should be avoided in hot climates because it causes dehydration. So maybe there's some truth in it? <shrug> |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 592 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 7:52 pm: | |
Iheartthed and Dds, yes, that's how I look at it. before the 1967 riots, we both had similar densities and housing stocks. Rocket City already did other comparison. Not to mention that we can have very similar weather (gray, cool and cloudy). |
Wirt Member Username: Wirt
Post Number: 72 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 8:10 pm: | |
San Francisco has more in common with Ann Arbor than Detroit. It is the place many U of M Ann Arborites find themselves when they need to move on. I don't know if they like coffee. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 2228 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 8:17 pm: | |
I've always felt that these people that dream up these "lists" really need to get a life. |
Miesfan Member Username: Miesfan
Post Number: 38 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 8:18 pm: | |
San Fransisco and Detroit are very, very different places. Case in point, in 1977, San Fransisco elected Harvey Milk, its first openly gay politician, to the Board of Supervisors. Thirty years later I don't believe Detroit voters would elect an openly gay City Councilman. In fact, I think the African-American wing of the American Taliban would do everything in their power to prevent it. |
Dds Member Username: Dds
Post Number: 464 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 8:47 pm: | |
Detroitrise: Thank goodness you convinced me, otherwise I might have gone on thinking the Comerica Tower and Transamerica Pyramid look nothing alike.
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Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 3776 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 8:56 pm: | |
They're both pointy. Morgus the Magnificent once proposed that a Transamerica Pyramid be built in New Orleans -- only retractible -- it could be lowered beneath the city (and the notoriously high water table). Preposterous! |
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson
Post Number: 6954 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 9:10 pm: | |
Coffee=acquired taste=tastes awful. |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 10885 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 2:12 am: | |
Coffee=Gift from the Gods=No Mystery that Cc hates it, as with most things true and good and necessary to a full, balanced, and decent life positively applied to progressing all of society. Not unlike the other wonderful chemical perks (ahem, hah, a pun in this case) that nature freely provides, this is another that Cc chooses to ignore...I'm beginning to think you're an automaton for real now, Cc. |
The_ed Member Username: The_ed
Post Number: 886 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 9:27 am: | |
On Saturday my wife and I went to a Beaner's Coffee place and had a red-eye. It was the best I've ever had. I usually get that from Starbucks, but we had a coupon so we decided to try it out. It was located on Woodward around 12 1/2 mile. CAFFEINEISGOOD4U. |
Ericdetfan Member Username: Ericdetfan
Post Number: 229 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:24 am: | |
there is a lot more than just coffee that has caffeine in it. |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 2735 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:26 am: | |
we need more drive through coffee places, more convenient on the way to work |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 2152 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:31 am: | |
I think both San Francisco and Detroit are fairly world reknown cities but have very little in common other than that. Okay, well Berkeley is like Ann Arbor and they're both suburbs of their respective central cities, but that's it. |
The_ed Member Username: The_ed
Post Number: 896 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 11:24 am: | |
Starbuck's at Crooks & Maple have a drive-thru... |
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336
Post Number: 3514 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 4:41 pm: | |
first -- i hate starbucks, but i'm definitely doing my job. i remember the good old days when planet ant was a coffee house and zoots was around somwhere by wsu |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 3575 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 4:51 pm: | |
Oh yeah Zoots and Planet Ant. And wasn't there Velvet Moon or somesuch in Ferndale? And of course Gotham.
Too bad I can't find a pic of the original location on Woodward. Those were the golden years. |
Lobsterpots Member Username: Lobsterpots
Post Number: 28 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 11:30 pm: | |
I don't believe this. Boston drinks the most coffee, and when I'm in Detroit, I have no difficult finding an ample supply of coffee. The most uncaffinated cities are: Salt Lake City, Utah Provo, Utah St. George, Utah. Everyone knows Mormons don't drink caffinated beverages. |
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx
Post Number: 803 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 10:29 am: | |
Things like this make me wonder......... DOES MONEY REALLY GO INTO STUDIES LIKE THIS?! |