I had to re-register just to reply to this thread, since I've been denied access to post for over month now. This is a sore subject for me.
I live in the largest city in New Hampshire. We have no Starbucks. Nada. None.
There is one at the airport, but it's past security, so if you want a good latte, you need to be leaving town town to get it. A new Target opened in the neighboring town and it has a Starbucks. And the Barnes and Noble "serving Starbucks coffee" cafe doesn't count. A twenty minute drive south to Nashua, NH and you can even get one at the new drive-through Starbucks.
My husband even wrote Starbucks five years ago to encourage the company to open in our city. He got a form letter that said "Manchester, NH is not in our expansion plans."
