High gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns (USA Today)
From USA Today:
By Judy Keen, USA TODAY
July 2, 2008
Rising gas prices are hitting rural Americans from Maine to Alaska particularly hard.
Soaring gas prices are a double-whammy for many rural residents: They often pay more than people who live in cities and suburbs because of the expense of hauling fuel to their communities, and they must drive greater distances for life's necessities: work, groceries, medical care and, of course, gas.
"....at the Forks General Store, Hanley cringes when she's asked how much higher gas prices might go. 'I don't see any end, to be honest,' she says. 'I think this country is headed into a depression.'"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-01-small-town-gas_N.htm
By Judy Keen, USA TODAY
July 2, 2008
Rising gas prices are hitting rural Americans from Maine to Alaska particularly hard.
Soaring gas prices are a double-whammy for many rural residents: They often pay more than people who live in cities and suburbs because of the expense of hauling fuel to their communities, and they must drive greater distances for life's necessities: work, groceries, medical care and, of course, gas.
"....at the Forks General Store, Hanley cringes when she's asked how much higher gas prices might go. 'I don't see any end, to be honest,' she says. 'I think this country is headed into a depression.'"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-01-small-town-gas_N.htm
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