http://finance.yahoo.com/loans/article/103987/Most-Expensive-Places-to-Buy-Gas-in-the-U.S.
#1.) San Francisco
#2.) San Jose
#3.) San Diego
#4.) Sacramento
#5.) Los Angeles
#6.) New York City
#7.) Buffalo
#8.) Seattle
#9.) Miami
#10.) Chicago
For some reason it makes me angry, just because of the calibur of the other cities. What makes buffalo so special? county taxes?
This is more of rant that we are ranked so high versus what the actual prices are.
discuss.
yea that’s just fucked up, and they wonder why more and more people leave buffalo/ NYS
That is really odd, part of gas prices is supposedly how hard it is to get to the people. Its not exactly hard to bring it to buffalo since theres no traffic and less people are using so demand can’t be that high…
That is mildly upsetting. Considering that we are not exactly anything like California.
that’s crazy… can’t wait to come home and fill up there in 2 weeks!
Has to be be NYS taxes… We are the second largest city in NYS and have the second highest county taxes in the state I think.
Ugh… Dam taxes.
Buffalo is hardcore shit in comparison to the rest of those cities.
I wonder if rochester is a big enough city to show up on the survey? They should have the same prices as us.
those numbers are pretty deceiving though. The problem is that every city has suburbs and you have to take that into account. Not to mention, I have seen some pretty high prices at rest stops and such, but I doubt those types of places are up there.
It says NYC is pretty high, does that mean NYC and surrounding suburbs, cause I would imagine that NYC as well as westchester, Long Island, and parts of Conn. and New Jersey all have around the same prices. I think that you will find that gas prices are high all around NYS
Taxes play a huge part.
Here’s the tax breakdown for gas in NYS.
Fixed Taxes:
Federal Tax - $0.18 per gallon
New York State Petroleum Business Tax - $0.183 per gallon
New York State Spill Tax - $0.030 per gallon
New York State Petroleum Testing Fee - $0.005 per gallon
Variable Taxes:
New York State Sales Tax – 4 percent of pre-tax sales price
Erie County Sales Tax – 4.75 percent of pre-tax sales price
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those numbers are pretty deceiving though. The problem is that every city has suburbs and you have to take that into account. Not to mention, I have seen some pretty high prices at rest stops and such, but I doubt those types of places are up there.
It says NYC is pretty high, does that mean NYC and surrounding suburbs, cause I would imagine that NYC as well as westchester, Long Island, and parts of Conn. and New Jersey all have around the same prices. I think that you will find that gas prices are high all around NYS
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Every place around here aside from Nanuet has been in the $3.35ish range. The Costco in Nanuet was $2.89 when I Filled up yesterday. Then again if you live this side of the tappanzee you have to pay a $4 toll to get there.
Oh halp us Chris Collins!
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Oh halp us Chris Collins!
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will you be applying for a transition team position…lol
http://www.erie.gov/transition/job_listings.asp
i like the idea of people having to apply for their own job.
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That is really odd, part of gas prices is supposedly how hard it is to get to the people. Its not exactly hard to bring it to buffalo since theres no traffic and less people are using so demand can’t be that high…
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Buffalo is a lot farther inland than any of the other cities in that list… hell every city above that is at the ocean.
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I wonder if rochester is a big enough city to show up on the survey? They should have the same prices as us.
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Buffalo City Population: 292,648 Metropolitan area: 1,154,378
Rochester City Population: 216,000 Metropolitan area: 1,039,028
for Buffalo ‘metropolitan area’ is erie + niagara county totals, I’m not sure if all of that is considered suburbs of Buffalo or not. For Rochester that just includes the city + the suburbs (i.e. down to Henrietta, east to Webster, Victor not included, west to Chili).
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Taxes play a huge part.
Here’s the tax breakdown for gas in NYS.
Fixed Taxes:
Federal Tax - $0.18 per gallon
New York State Petroleum Business Tax - $0.183 per gallon
New York State Spill Tax - $0.030 per gallon
New York State Petroleum Testing Fee - $0.005 per gallon
Variable Taxes:
New York State Sales Tax – 4 percent of pre-tax sales price
Erie County Sales Tax – 4.75 percent of pre-tax sales price
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cool thanks for the tax breakdown!
Still you are only looking at 37 cents in takes per gallon. WIthout that you are still looking at ~2.90 gas…so sad.
atleast you guys have 93
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I wonder if rochester is a big enough city to show up on the survey? They should have the same prices as us.
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3.21 for reg 87 now
Prices as reported from GasBuddy (i.e. rochestergasprices.com, they have domains for most cities and areas):
Rochester:
Today 3.275
Yesterday 3.283
One Week Ago 3.291
One Month Ago 3.247
One Year Ago 2.448
Buffalo
Today 3.224
Yesterday 3.278
One Week Ago 3.286
One Month Ago 3.247
One Year Ago 2.440
so yeah pretty much the same. When I was home in Greenwich (CT) over break gas prices there sucked a lot more. --but yeah it’s a small town so it wouldn’t show in that listing. 3.45 being the lowest gas price in the area for 87 in the past 48 hours.
Times like these I really appreciate getting 37.4mpg (yes calculated, not EPA figures) in the rental corolla… and it’s an autotragic even!
i was suprised at that when i came back for thanksgiving, i filled up here for 3.02 and then i get to buffalo and its 3.24
Must… resist… do not… get involved with rant… about cost of EVERYTHING NY state.