WOAH! That is a lot of money for gas! I cannot even imagine. I sure hope things get better before you have to rent an apartment like that.
Yes, it is alot. We did factor in the disadvantages of moving this far out before we did it, but we didn't expect gas to get this ridiculous. Fortunately, we did have the forethought to not buy big gas guzzling vehicles.
From what I understand, it looks like the shortages will be east of the Mississippi river. The pipelines that carried fuel in that direction were the ones damaged whereas the ones that supply the areas west of the Mississippi are still working. That's part of the reason gas prices are higher in that region and supplies are low. Usually gas is much higher on the west coast due to the cost of transporting the fuel across the state, but it seems to not be the case now.
Good think you got good cars! I had one that was awesome with gas!!! But it was way to small for my family. 5 people in a car the size of an escort don't mix well. I had to get a mini van.
I new everything in California costed more. I learned when I sold on ebay that everything was more expensive there. I did not know that it was only this side of the world that was having such gas trouble though. I understand why now that you explained it though! That does explain why so many places on this side of the Miss. has run out of gas.
I hope things get better before they get worse! I hope my mom and dad are able to get home!
My dh and I live on the east coast, when we were looking to buy a house many years ago we specifically wanted something close to were we work or at least within walking distance to public transportation.
We lucked out and found a great location, my dh can walk to work and I catch the bus because I didn't want to deal with the traffic on the beltway. Our friends couldn't believe what our requirements were for our house, they thought we should have gone out further from the city to get a bigger house on more land, but it worked out.
I live in an area that has a pretty decent public transportation system. It's suprising the people around here who won't give up or cut down driving their cars. It's some sort of sterotype that only poor people ride the bus.
My soapbox:
The school buses pick up kids and they are half empty when they get to the schools because parents don't want their kids riding the bus and will drive to drop them off and pick them up.
Our gas ranges from $3.25-$3.89. We drove to Ohio for Labor day weekend, gas was about $3.09-$3.19 across WV and PA. We gave up our yearly trip to visit my parents in Kansas this year. It's just too expensive We'll probably stay around home this year for vacation.
Our gas was the same price over labor day weekend. It went down yesterday FINALLY though. I think it is $3.09 for mid grade now.
I think that is neat how you planned the purchase of your home!! Nothing wrong with saving money and stress from driving each day!
I am one that will not put my kids are the school bus. But I have several good reasons. One is that the bus driver drives like nascar!! And I don't like it. I personally do not get into vehicles with other people driving either so that does not help either. There are several reasons though.
We lucked out and found a great location, my dh can walk to work and I catch the bus because I didn't want to deal with the traffic on the beltway. Our friends couldn't believe what our requirements were for our house, they thought we should have gone out further from the city to get a bigger house on more land, but it worked out.
I live in an area that has a pretty decent public transportation system. It's suprising the people around here who won't give up or cut down driving their cars. It's some sort of sterotype that only poor people ride the bus.
I currently live in Manassas, VA, and am moving to Alexandria next month, so I SO hear you about the Beltway--what a mess! I would take the Metro if I could, but it doesn't go anywhere NEAR my office (in Chantilly), so that's not an option for me. However, I go in to my first job for 6am, so I beat the majority of the traffic
Our gas went down today--it has been around $3.19-3.49 all week, but today I saw most places at $2.99--yay! Who ever would have thought that $2.99 for a gallon of regular unleaded would be exciting?! Especially since it was almost HALF the price a year ago!
I keep checking flight prices for Christmas, and as of yet, they have not gone up (whew!), and now that gas prices are *slowly* sliding back down, hopefully they WON'T go up!
I totally agree Jill!!! I remember getting angry when the cost of gas was $2.25 a gallon!!! But now if I saw gas prices for $2.99 I would throw a party!! Lol. Well almost lol. But man.. they did get high! But I do have to say not as high as I was fearing they would!! Thanks goodness they are going down now. Hopefully they continue to drop.
y'all oughta try 2 wheeled vehicles....weather permitting at least...I get about 75 mpg on the bike in my avatar...just make sure you have a helmet (if it isn't required by law like here in CA)
I live in upstate NY (well, the western part of the state). Our gas prices jumped FORTY cents in one day -- last Friday. They stopped at $3.49/gallon for the cheap stuff. They have stayed there ever since. They have not dropped at all.... Ouch.
Sheesh!! We didn't get that high... but it was very close! And yes, there were a couple of days the prices went up more then 40¢! It is terrible. I would think your prices would be going down very soon. I hope they do anyway!
Especially since it was almost HALF the price a year ago!
