Re: Why is gas cheaper is Southern NJ vs. Northern NJ ?

gkowal wrote:

> Just curious as to why, but traditionally gas has been less expensive in 
> Southern NJ vs the same gas brand in Northern NJ.
> Over the last few days for instance, regular grade gas bottoms out at 
> about $1.309/gal in Ocean County along US Rt 9, while going North on the 
> same Rt 9, the price goes up to about $1.439/gal for the same stuff. I 
> think this has been kind of a tradition in NJ, remembering seeing gas at 
> about $0.759/gal a few summers ago in Southern NJ, while it was more 
> expensive up North.
>
> George Kowal
I'm going to guess this is because the northern part of the state sees a 
lot of through traffic from PA and NY, and has a lot more people living 
there.

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