Moving to Houston . ..

@noone1569 - Full disclosure: it's in Texas.

Moving to Houston . ..

...but then you'd be living ... in T e x a s.

I'm just sayin'.

Our gas in the Chicago burbs tends to fluctuate within 10 cents, and that's even between stations a mile apart.
I don't fret about a small change like that, especially while I'm still appreciating not spending $65 twice a week to fill one of my cars.

1.78 this morning in Detroit.

It's 1.95 most places here in Orlando today.
Heaven knows why, though.

So what's wrong with T E X A S? Just because we only have 2 seasons (summer-hot and summer-hotter) doesn't mean you should pick on us ...

Hey, at least I'll lose 15 pounds this summer ... standing outside ...

San Jose CA
This week Last week
$2.122 $2.193

according to gasbuddy

Wow, you should all come to Jersey. It's around ~167.9 in the areas I travel, and we have people who pump it for you. Just don't come here during the summer.

Paid $1.67/gal to fill up (cash) this morning. Ah, New Jersey. But I wonder how much cheaper it would be if we could pump our own gas instead of sitting around waiting for the attendant to notice you.

@flyboyj: I don't think anyone is referring to the weather. Besides, in Minnesota we have a saying: it's not the heat, it's the humidity. So in Texas it's not the heat, it's the hillbillies.

/I keed
//a little

That's odd...i live in El Lay, and just 12 hours ago filled-up @ a Chevron station - and paid just $1.99.9/gallon.

It's worth the extra 20+ cents to NOT be living in Texas.

@ ekthesy, actually if you [NJ] didn't have the pump attendant laws the cost would probably go up. attendant means less chess of theft by drive off.
there are so many of those in my city that gas pump signs that used to say 'cash: please prepay' now have the 'cash: please' part covered up and just say 'prepay'

some gas stations end up trying to make up their losses from drive off by charging everyone else a penny or two more

Eh, Houston's demographics are just like any other major city's, and most Houstonians are not native Texans. Also, as a liberal upstate New Yorker, transplanted into Texas, I can assure you the rumors as grossly exaggerated (except that everyone really does drive pickup trucks).

@catastrophegirl : that should read "less CHANCE of theft"

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@flyboyJ:

When I think of Texas I think of deserts, sand, blaring sun in my eyes, eating sand because you're so hot you hallucinate that it's water. I think of vultures, oh, also the Alamo. (that's in TX right) Then that makes me think of Pee Wee Herman, and clowns. (that one part where he can't find his bike and has a nightmare about clowns breaking it) I am horribly afraid of clowns, so I could never live in Texas. Clowns scare me more than death in the desert or vultures.
I won't be relocating there to save 20 cents a gallon.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I've actually never been there. Just "educated" assumptions.

@The_IT_Crone:

And the clowns, don't forget the clowns!

@noone1569: Home of the nation's worst air quality!

I've lived in Texas for 14 years and have never even been near a desert. You know Texas is the size of many states, right? We span several climates. Personally I've lived in the Piney Woods and currently in the Hill Country. Just look up pictures in and around Austin. It's incredible. The only place I'd leave Austin for is Seattle (for the weather).

Now Houston, yes, it is a hole. I go there once a year just for the Natural Science Museum.

Maps, self-reported. Updated as the spotters submit them:

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@nataku83: Not EVERYONE. ;) But yeah, I'm in Dallas and it's fairly liberal, not at all what people expect.

@flyboyJ: It's like 50 degrees today in Houston.

WTH, it's still $1.95 to $1.99 here in Phoenix, though I did see ONE Circle K at $1.83 which was weiiiiird, because I'm all over the city and no one else is below like $1.93.

Also lol I'm glad I don't live in Cali.

Its $1.69 here, Arlington,Texas(between Dallas and Fort worth)

So far I'm the big winner: $1.65 in Des Moines today.

@tz: gasbuddy.com FTW!

Massachusetts is on the verge of applying the highest gas tax in the country after March, so we'll have the joy of seeing that gas price be higher than anywhere else.

Great!!

I have seen 1.679 in New Jersey.

Why do prices go UP in a recession?

hmm lucky you guys, it's $2.17 here in Upstate New York.

@catastrophegirl:

That's an interesting confounding factor I never considered, however, there is plenty of gas-and-dash going on here; the attendant doesn't memorize your plate numbers...I wouldn't think that it goes on that much more in the 48 states where you can pump your own. But I wouldn't put it past the businesses to pre-emptively raise prices.

What DOES go on here more than anywhere else is robbery of gas station attendants. A 22-year old kid just got murdered a couple weeks ago...these attendants carry huge wads of cash around, presenting an easy target.

@flyboyJ: Well the people are sure nicer than here in Boston. And I bet the driving is better too.

@Oranges w/ Cheese: Good question. I filled up yesterday for $1.89 though.

@ekthesy: Not much. Picture some of other fine citizens and think about how almost everyday you would see a mushroom cloud from another station going up ;)

@Sian:

Wife filled up at Fremont Costco for $2.02

Sucks how California gas is always more than the rest of the country.

@KyleOrton: Oh, nevermind then!

@noone1569: Don't do it. The slightly lower gas prices are counter-balanced by the fact that you spend so much damn time sitting still in traffic. All the time. Regardless of time of day or day of the week. Cheap gas is all well and good, but when you're using it sitting on the highway in bumper-to-bumper traffic, it's not really worth it.

@SteverMan: Don't I need a passport for that now?

@EyeHeartPie: Also, Houston: home of the worst drivers in the nation. Are you a good driver? You won't be when you move to Houston...

@Ektheysy, catastrophegirl: Okay. Make that heat and heavily-armed clowns.

@MichaelBrazell - I see your bet, and raise you another 20 cents in NY. We hate to be outdone when it comes to taxing.

@bubby1124 - Where the heck are you in NY, I live in the lower Adirondacks and paid $1.98 in Gloversville.

@nakedscience: Is that because you have never been here? The gas station by my house was at $2.15 today and worth every penny to be in Cali, I've traveled all over the states and this is the only place I would live, except LA, can't stand it there, plus the central valley, it's way too hot and smells like cow most of the time, plus the bay area, overpriced and pretentious.

I always hear people complaining about Houston traffic. I have lived in about a dozen major cities. I live in Houston now. I don't think the traffic is nearly as bad as I experienced in Seattle, Boston, and several others.

@noone1569: Dallas is comparable in gas prices (I've seen stuff in the $1.65 range) and we're much nicer. Still lotso traffic, but I take the bus. HOV lane FTW!!!

@flyboyJ: It was like 38 degrees this morning (Dallas). We have winter, it's just cold and soggy instead of 14 feet of snow.

@MichaelBrazell: Just 19 cents per gallon to fix the roads. With the prices in the chart it would then be 204.5 and still less than LA, Miami, SF and Seattle. $100/year is worth it for better roads, cheaper than having your car fixed after hitting a pothole.

$1.73 this morning in Clemson, SC

No sympathy. Gas is .78USD a Litre here. That's $2.99USD a gallon. You americans have it way easier than you realize.