Moving to a New Part of Town - Changing Coffee Shops Has Me Nervous

The coffee shop, to me, is like an office. I do the vast majority of my professional writing (including Steemit) in coffee shops, and right now there’s just one shop within walking distance of my apartment.

Caribou Coffee.

_{Source: cariboucoffee.com}

It’s a good spot with a lot of different seating - hard backed chairs at two person tables, long conference table style ones, booths, ultra comfy lounge chairs by a heater… The variety is great because different kinds of days call for different postures.

The coffee is cheap and the refills are free. After my three months of patronage here, I know a lot of the baristas by name. It is a chill hang.

However, I am just about to move to a new house in a new area of town. I’ll be downtown from now on.

Moving Coffee Shops Ain’t Easy…

…but it is inevitable sometimes. This location of Caribou Coffee won’t be particularly easy or logical to get to from my new home. I’m sure I will still come in from time to time, but it won’t be my daily spot.

_{One of my last cups from Caribou for now…}

Thus I have to find a new spot that works for me. This is a big deal. The coffee shop is the office, it’s the work environment, it is a very delicate balance that must be struck so I can write thousands of words every day like I do.

Some coffee shops are too small, they barely have any seating. You can’t monopolize the table for a 4+ hour writing session in a spot like that.

Other shops are too sterile or lame, like I’d prefer to avoid using Starbucks as my go-to spot because it feels too corporate. Even Caribou has its issues in this area, they played Xmas music for 1.5 months straight (total corporate move), ergh.

Not Sure What Options I Will Have

Until I actually move and spend a few days at my new home, I won’t know what coffee shops are in that area. I haven’t done a lot of research since this move is casual - no lease at my old spot, no lease at the new one - and I’d rather just learn as I go.

I know we will be close to downtown so there will probably be several coffee shops to choose from. If one of them is medium sized and has some good coffee + wifi, it will be fine.

Maybe I’ll end up at a coffeeshop that I enjoy even more than my current spot. That is not necessary at all, but it would be pretty cool. I could also experiment with more night time writing if I find a quiet bar that has some good wifi lol.

What about you? How do you pick your coffeeshop?