Monday, January 29, 2007
Cville - Above the National Average
I usually use this space to brag on the piece of Earth called Charlottesville, and usually there are many reasons to do so (like constantly being listed as one of the best places to live or the recent high ranking as one of the best places to find a job). But today, I am slightly miffed at the Ville. I traveled to Martinsville over the weekend to see my parents and found another reason why Cville is above the national average...GAS PRICES! I've always known that the gas folks around here keep the prices slightly higher, because they believe that we are all rich and have nothing better to do with our dough than to pour it into our gas tanks, but I had no idea how bad it truly was/is. Just 20-ish minutes down 29 in Lovingston the gas is $1.99/gallon (at a station which is owned by the same people who own the same named stations in Cville). I paid $2.11/gallon before leaving Charlottesville. In Lynchburg, it was $1.93/gallon. Once in Martinsville, the gas was...get ready for it...sit down...$1.89/GALLON!!!! And I don't want to hear the bull about Cville being hard to get to by the gas trucks, or the prices are from the old expensive tanks, or my kid needs new braces. This is just ridiculous! I did see gas at $2.03 this morning, but that was only if I used my Kroger card. That is still .14 more per gallon than I paid in M'ville, the city that only has one way in and out. And I saw on msn.com that the average price for gas in the US has fallen below $2.00/gallon. Cville, you are special to me, but sometimes it isn't good to be above the national average. -A
# posted by Angie @ 9:21 AM 
