How much is your gas?

$2.13 at a Shell station in S. Austin

 

The weather part I get but the rest...uummm whaaat????

 

$2.48 in my Kansas town.

 

Only state reporting anything close to $4 in this thread is California...

Shocker.

 

Looking at your imports, Canada sells you 4.29 million barrels a day while Saudi Arabia only sells you 900K a day. You guys export 7.6 million barrels a day to the world. True it is different blends of oil but I think the Saudi thing is just a reason to jack the price.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=727&t=6

 

Because the wife won’t leave California, and the kid is still in his mommy phase.

 

$2.14 for 87 at my local Valero

 

Cause it’s a kick-ass place to live!

 

I hear ya. California is not for the weak.

 

Live in the arctic in Canada pay $1.85/litre about $7/gallon.

 

$4.11 currently at ARCO in Southern California.

 

I spent 3 weeks in Italy last month and gas was about $6 a gallon.

 

Just filled up for the week, luckily Costco is $3.89. Down the street it was $4.15. Gotta love sonoma county, CA.

 

I'm with @Speedbird here. It's definitely a cool place to visit, not for living though...considering:

1. Super high gas prices.
2. Super high population density.
3. Super awful traffic in many areas.
4. Super high cost of living.
5. You live on top of a natural disaster waiting to happen.

I'm not convinced haha. Then again, I'm in Washington where in the Seattle area, all of those points still apply

 

Yeah, it’s a great place to live. I haven’t found a better place in our county. Happiness, I mean “true happiness” can only come from inside you and never from your external conditions. So leaving a place to be truely happier isn’t even logical. You take your problems with you.

 

Have you lived many other places? I love SoCal too but consider leaving every day.

 

$3.43 premium at Costco, on Maui.

 

I'm not disagreeing with you, and I think that's a great outlook. But for most people - external influences have a huge impact on happiness. For instance, I'd be much less happy than I am now if I didn't buy my Tacoma - one of those external influences I get to look at every day!

 

No, I visited many places looking for a better place and found none. California is VERY diverse with a full range of “cultures”. I have moved around CA to different cultures and settled to what I like. If I found a better place I would consider moving.