Community Corner
Have Rising Gas Prices Changed Your Driving Habits?
With local stations charging about $3.50 per gallon of regular gas, do you drive less?
For the past few Fridays, Manchester Patch has been running a roundup of prices at local gas stations.
Our first roundup in late March found that prices for a gallon of regular gas around town were around $3.30.
Last Friday, the average price of gas around Manchester jumped to $3.50.
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More troubling yet, in early January, a gallon of regular went for about $2.92 locally. At the time, a manager at the Exxon on Route 37 and Commonwealth Boulevard predicted that regular gas will hit $3.99 by summer.
Have rising gas prices changed your driving habits? Do you take less trips, opting to visit nearby attractions rather than traveling to far-off destinations? Do you carpool?
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How will gas prices affect your summer travel plans, if at all?
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