Notice that we Southerners have the cheapest gas in the United States. You can clearly see that the States of the old Confederacy stand out for their lower prices while in most cases the States just outside of the South have significantly higher gas prices. Meanwhile, the loonies in the California State and local governments have ensured that Californians have to pay through the nose for gas. But the Californians continue electing those people to office. I guess they enjoy paying super high prices for gas. Notice that once you cross the State border and leave California gas prices drop significantly.
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Also notice how North Carolina and Florida, the two states perhaps most affected by Yankee transplants, are showing worse gas prices than the rest of Dixie. Pretty telling that it isn’t just “regional” but cultural as well.
Virginia is also suffering it seems, esp. up here in Northern Virginia. The gas prices are atrocious and that’s in no small part due to the Yankee immigration that is destroying Virginia. To say nothing of western Virginia and their pain at the pump.
Those are both excellent points about the impact of Yankee immigration on our culture and gas prices.
I paid 30 US cents/gallon more in South Florida last week than I do in my Tampa area. Ridiculous.
I remember when Georgia had the best prices, but the State raised gas taxes, and when going into South Carolina for meetings I would notice that their gas prices, which used to be the same as Georgia’s, were lower by about 10~15 US cents/gallon.
I have a friend that works for a major gas station chain and he tells me the average profit per gallon of gas is 8 US cents. The Feds get about 45 US cents and amongst the States it varies due to counties, etc.
I live in Charlotte, NC and work in Augusta, Ga. Since both cities border SC, I shoot across the state line and buy cheap SC almost 100% of the time. In fact, I just filled up in North Augusta an hour ago.