My experience in Austin, for example, is impoverished because my coffee experience is the same experience as anywhere else. It's almost dispiriting to find yourself in New York or London and every corner has a Starbucks. Part of what defines space and gives it meaning is its uniqueness.

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This kind of guy is renting space. He bought a cup of coffee in order to have some space.

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The caulking is coming out of the wall. It has a really cheap mirror. I don't know how it happened, but it is not typical. You'd think when they're guarding the bathroom that much, there would be something nice in it.

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I care less about Starbucks than what it reveals about who we are.

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