# How much does Gas cost in your town?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 27, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754 "2003-06-27T13:59:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/21 "2003-06-27T21:14:45Z")

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The cheapest place in Lincolnwood (NW Chicago suburb) that I can find is $1.61.

In Chicago proper it starts at about 1.84 +/- .05.

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### Author: ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/22 "2003-06-27T21:31:59Z")

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In metro Melbourne at the moment it is between 80-90 cents per litre (app. $2.90 - $3.30 AUD per US gallon…or roughly $2.00 US).

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### Author: ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/23 "2003-06-28T01:10:09Z")

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In northern Illinois (Rockford), regular unleaded has been at about $1.379 since yesterday; it always seems to go up a dime on Thursday afternoon but drops back down after the weekend. I expect to fill up for about $1.259 on Monday.

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### Author: ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/24 "2003-06-28T01:25:46Z")

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Northeast of Houston - $1.32[sup]9[/sup], $1.42[sup]9[/sup] and $1.52[sup]9[/sup].

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### Author: ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/25 "2003-06-28T01:27:38Z")

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Ooooh, I win I win! Napa is currently at 1.98 as of yesterday.

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### Author: ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/26 "2003-06-28T01:45:56Z")

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The cheapest around here is $1.36 Average is about 3 cents more (87 octane unleadrd)

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### Author: ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/27 "2003-06-28T02:53:27Z")

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Northern Nevada it’s around $1.69 - 1.89/gallon.

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### Author: ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/28 "2003-06-28T05:25:30Z")

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Our prices haven’t come down yet at all. Still $1.95 with some places $1.92. And like Muad’Dib said, the outer islands are more expensive.

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### Author: ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/29 "2003-06-28T06:55:55Z")

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Gas in the Youngstown, Ohio area is about $1.39 or so for regular unleaded gas.

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### Author: ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/30 "2003-06-28T07:01:28Z")

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It swings pretty widely here in Cleveland, OH, especially around the weekends. I paid 1.26 this morning, this evening it was up to 1.48 for 87 octane.

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### Author: ![mazirian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mazirian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazirian)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/31 "2003-06-28T07:58:27Z")

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If you swing by my town, prepare to pay at least $3.80/gallon.

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### Author: ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/32 "2003-06-28T08:08:49Z")

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At the local AM-PM - $1.39.9. That the cheapest in THIS county (western Washington, across the Sound from Seattle).

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### Author: ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/33 "2003-06-28T08:10:51Z")

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As of this morning, .66 per litre. That's at the station a couple of blocks away. Down the hill, on the main highway it's .76.

Weekend before last, June 13, we got gas in Abbotsford for $.57, which is as low as I’ve seen it for several years.

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### Author: ![The\_MacDairmuid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_MacDairmuid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_MacDairmuid)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/34 "2003-06-28T08:18:03Z")

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$2 - 2.05 per gallon for 91 octane in Ventura County, CA.  
I’m glad I don’t drive much.

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/35 "2003-06-28T13:08:10Z")

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**lawoot** : A friend of mine used to live in Hoquiam. That was the cheapest gas I’d seen in a long time. (e.g., it was $1.29 there when it was $1.80 in So.Cal last winter.)

Just another reason why I wish my company would let me set up a remote office in Washington!

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### Author: ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/36 "2003-06-28T13:22:38Z")

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It was about a buck thirty here in Atlanta, but to be honest, I don’t pay that much attention.

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### Author: ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/37 "2003-06-28T16:09:55Z")

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$1.65/gallon this morning.

It’s come down a little lately; it was in the $1.70-something range a few weeks ago.

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### Author: ![irkenDoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@irkenDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irkenDoom)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/38 "2003-06-28T17:41:47Z")

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I saw it recently going for $1.279 here (Painesville/Mentor, OH; east of Cleveland), but it has since risen to $1.329-1.479. And now, there’s that gasoline tax hike the governor just passed (I think it’s an additonal 6¢).

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### Author: ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/39 "2003-06-28T23:29:49Z")

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Here in West Virginia we are running about $1.41 a gallon for the cheap stuff. I’m in a “big city” so I imagine our prices are about as bad as it gets statewide.

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### Author: ![Sikander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Sikander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sikander)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-gas-cost-in-your-town/184754/40 "2003-06-28T23:57:46Z")

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Roughly USD $4 per gallon in Oslo, Norway.

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