Thread: Gasoline at $4 Coming to a Pump Near You, Unfazed by Rising Tab
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Old 05-15-2012, 03:47 PM   #3473
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Originally Posted by Frosty View Post
Maybe Donger can explain something to me. This is a map of the NE corner of Washington. The nearest big city to us is Spokane (blue arrow).




The lower prices right now in Spokane are around $3.85. I live in the Colville valley (pink arrow). Our prices are 4.19 (every station - all 8 - is exactly the same), so 34 cents higher.

Republic (green arrow) is a little town about 45 miles NW of Colville. You have to go over a mountain pass and wind around the mountains to get there. When I checked last week, they were 4.06, or 21 cents higher than Spokane. How does that happen without shenanigans going on in Colville?
You are asking why prices tend to be higher out in the boonies compared to major metro areas?
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