Is gasoline more expensive in Roch than most places?

Nope, not according to a beautiful graphic in today's USA Today, which color codes every county in the U.S. (I couldn't find a link to the graphic online...if you find it, let me know and I'll hook it up.)

If I had a gallon of gas for every time a reader has asked me why Rochester area gas is more expensive than elsewhere in the state, nation or world, I'd be sitting on the third-largest gasoline reserve in the world. According to the map on page 6A of USA Today, it costs up to $3.50 in select southeastern Minnesota counties and some others in Minnesota, but the vast majority of the U.S. is paying more.

Fill 'er up!

Comments

[taxpayer]

I drove from Mississippi to Minnesota this past weekend (and the other way the previous weekend) and gas prices were within a few pennies everywhere along the trip.

[Ron]

And America only has the 40th (out of 160+) highest gasoline prices in the world (in WSJ this week)....in the European socialist paradises, people are paying closer to $10 gallon.

[the $50 is the new $20]

While I couldn't find a current map via USA Today, GasBuddy.com is a good source for the map you speak of. (just enter "MN" in the "City, State or Zip" field for a national map).

http://www.gasbuddy.com/GB_Map_Gas_Prices.aspx?e2=2