Be Happy You don't live in California

[h0llywood]

It's getting really ridiculous over here. The gas station by my house jumped over $1.15 overnight.

[Ja Rhule]

We had over $5 a gallon gas about 4 years ago and our salaries are lower. We know how you feel.

Do you have 1-3 hour lines at the gas stations?

[4Corners]

That sucks bro but don't worry once Mitt is elected gas will go back down.

[Ja Rhule]

[h0llywood]

We had over $5 a gallon gas about 4 years ago and our salaries are lower. We know how you feel.

Do you have 1-3 hour lines at the gas stations?

There are a bunch of stations (Costco) where people would wait an hour to get gas because its 20 cents cheaper. Nah I'm cool, an extra 20 cents a gallon means nothing when it's already over $5.00. Ill skip the lines.

Thank god I don't drive a truck or SUV.

[Floppin]

There are a bunch of stations (Costco) where people would wait an hour to get gas because its 20 cents cheaper. Nah I'm cool, an extra 20 cents a gallon means nothing when it's already over $5.00. Ill skip the lines.

Thank god I don't drive a truck or SUV.

Gasoline station owners in the Los Angeles area including Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) are beginning to shut pumps as the state's oil refiners started rationing supplies and spot prices surged to a record.

Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) stopped selling gasoline on the spot, or wholesale, market in Southern California and is allocating deliveries to customers. Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)is also rationing fuel to U.S. West Coast terminal customers. Costco's outlet in Simi Valley, 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, ran out of regular gasoline yesterday and was selling premium fuel at the price of regular.

The gasoline shortage "feels like a hurricane to me, but it's the West Coast," Jeff Cole, Costco's vice president of gasoline, said by telephone yesterday. "We're obviously extremely disheartened that we are unable to do this, and we're pulling fuel from all corners of California to fix this."

Spot gasoline in Los Angeles has surged $1 a gallon this week to a record $1.45 a gallon premium versus gasoline futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange, data compiled by Bloomberg show. That's the highest level for the fuel since at least November 2007, when Bloomberg began publishing prices there. On an outright basis, the fuel has jumped to $4.3929 a gallon.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-03/california-gas-stations-begin-to-shut-on-record-high-spot-prices.html

It's only going to get worse.

[Guest Irv]

That sucks bro but don't worry once Mitt is elected gas will go back down.

I'm sorry but i just spit out my favorite beer i couldn't stop laughing

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

I live in California :( ...and use premium gas.

[Guest Bwood]

Yeah man these gas prices and my medical marijuana addiction are leaving me broke...

[Davidson Deac II]

So why is it going up in California, but dropping in North Carolina. Gas prices at my local station have dropped 12 cents a gallon in the last couple of weeks (down to $3.60 a gallon).

[LifeisaGarden]

Yes. I am happy I don't live in California.

[Dex]

I live in Connecticut where everything is expensive.

[Dex]

Most expensive continental state...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/48058145/The_Most_Expensive_States_to_Live_in_2012?slide=9

[Lumps]

I'd much rather live in Califronia than the redneck bible belt.

California has some very nice places and much better qualtiy just in general. This comes from someone who has spent a decade in each state and loved in 10+ states. The south is the worst in my opinion, and statistically speaking if you care about health, racial tension, stigmas and aggression. The people who tend to love it the most love it out of loyalty and ignorance (been here their whole lives and don't know any better type responses).

Of corse NC isn't the worst state and is the best if you have to live in the south. Although only two states I've lived in I thought were worse, Alabama and South Carolina.

There is my rant.