Quimby
January 9, 2018, 8:23pm
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Ulf_the_Unwashed:
This does not seem to be nearly as true as it used to be. I always used to try to fill up in NJ as I traveled along 84 from my home in NY state to Scranton and (usually) points west. Exit 1 in NY on that road is essentially right on the NY-NJ state line, and there are about seven gas stations on the Jersey side waiting to capture the $$ of NY residents and others. In the last couple of years, though, the price differential has just about disappeared. Most recent trip the NJ prices were indistinguishable from those in NEPA and just about exactly the same as in my home county in NY.
Now if you are in NYC or Rockland or Westchester there are extra taxes that make NJ gas a relative bargain even now, thus the long lines on the Palisades (last time I drove that, which was probably last summer, the difference was noticeable and the lines lengthy). But that’s just the difference between NJ and the immediate metro for NYC and doesn’t seem to pertain to the rest of the region. End of an era perhaps?
Our gas tax went up 23 cents last year which cut into our “cheap gas” but we are usually still cheaper than the surrounding states if you compare the same grade and quality of gas.