Gas Prices in your Neighborhood?

i'm starting to think it might just be better to fly out to california in august rather than driving out from philadelphia. it would probably be a LOT cheaper given these rising gas prices.

I figure it is better not thinking too hard about gasoline pricing. All I know is that gas prices in Indiana are always too good to be true. Who lives in Indiana anyway?

Depends on what you drive, how you drive, air fare, etc.

Looking down on the country just isn't the same as travelling along within it. Some sense of adventure is lost.

Of course, you'd expect an answer like this on ROADTripAmerica!

I'm just glad to know it would cost me $119 in fuel to go 3200 miles. In the past, I've spent far more (driving the truck), but I don't regret it. The cost was worth the memories.

I am in London,England and over here we pay about 4.20 english pounds for a gallon of unleaded.This works out to about$7.50 in US dollars.
I am coming to Chicago to start my 10 day road trip next week and it will be almost a pleasure to pay $2 for a gallon.

Gas prices here are stable at about 1.89 for regular, and 2.02 for the premium grades.
It has gone up slightly, but Arco still has the best prices in the area at 1.69 regular. I guess that wont stop any of us from travelling.

I will get on the road no matter the cost (as long as I have it, of course) -- and there are SO many roads and places I want to see.

I've seen the country from road AND air -- and more and more I prefer the road. Not just because of the hassles involved in flying these days, but just for the adventure of it. With flying, it's over too quick! When I do fly, it's most often just to get to someplace I want to roadtrip in!

I am slowly getting my new motorcycle set up for touring, so that will help cut my expenses (gas-wise).

Yes, it's all relative, isn't it? If gas cost that much here, our lifestyle would of necessity have to suffer massive changes. Americans LIVE in their cars, and the distances here are massive. I can see an end to that "lifestyle" on the horizon -- and I'll sure miss it when it's gone.

i have noticed that too. why is that? o couple of years ago when it was 1.70 everywhere else it was 1.05 there.

Most of our neighborhood stations are at $2.15 for unleaded regular. I have heard some prices as low as $1.99, but I haven't seen any. Also seen some stations at $2.30 per gallon.

Yikes!

Actually the fact that the distances here are greater is exactly why we have to live in our cars. European cities (and even the countryside) are much more densely populated; the only place in America that has enough population density that a large mass transit system can be profitable is New York. Most cities that have made attempts at mass transit have failed because few people want to ride them.

And to put things in context, in today's dollars gas prices in the early '80s were around $3/gallon.