# Cost of gas change since you started driving

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-gas-change-since-you-started-driving/246461>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 22, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-gas-change-since-you-started-driving/246461 "2004-05-22T00:55:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-gas-change-since-you-started-driving/246461/21 "2004-05-22T18:25:07Z")

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I began driving in 1979, and I remember gas going for about $.79 a gallon, in deep south Texas.

Around the corner from my house, at the convenience store where I usually buy my gas, the price is now $1.90.

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