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Interesting.

From my experience, a McD's is just about as noisy as a Starbucks on an average day. If I want to work on projects, I generally aim more for the local, less-commercialized coffee houses.

Is there an ambiance factor to this, or is it more of a psychological distinction between fast food places and coffee houses in general? Or is there something else?

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Honestly, I like local coffee places much more than all of the above as well. But the thing I appreciate about Starbucks is that 1) they are all at the same level of cleanliness and relative comfort no matter which Bucks you end up at and 2) the crowd in them is usually there for the same reasons.

I tend to always work with headphones in so the noise isn't an issue.

I guess if I found a comfortable McD's with wifi I might have to try it out for a session :-)

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