Tyler, Texas has the Lowest Gas Prices in the State with the Lowest Prices in the Country

Gas prices always provide (I always intend my puns) fuel for an argument or two in Texas. The price of a barrel needs to stay high so oilmen can keep working. The price at the pump needs to stay down so it doesn't break our wallets just to fill up. It's a balance that probably will never be even. All I can say as a non-oilman that seeing the price per gallon going down is a big relief to me. A new survey from AAA shows that we can breath a big sigh of relief at the pump compared to other parts of the United States. For us in Tyler, Texas, we breath an even bigger sigh of relief.

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Cussed Out for $1 a Gallon Gas

Before I started my radio career, I worked at the gas station Racetrac (now Raceway) in Lindale. This was around 1999. I remember the day that we changed our gas prices over to $1.009 per gallon. I had several people come in cussing me out because the price was so high. Fast forward to 2011-2012, gas was basically $4.009 a gallon. It hurt our wallets bad. Many people couldn't even get to work because they couldn't put fuel in their vehicles.

Yeah, we complained and hated paying $4.009 for a gallon but thank goodness we don't live in say California or Washington or Oregon where gas is, what, $7 or $8 a gallon? That's absolutely ridiculous. No wonder so many are moving away from those states.

But I Digress

AAA recently posted the average fuel prices across the country. Texas comes in with the lowest average price per gallon of any state at $2.769, well below the national average of $3.295. Inside of Texas, Tyler has the lowest average price per gallon of any city in Texas at $2.637. I live in Lindale and usually stop at QuikTrip to fill up. Currently their price (as of November 21) sits at $2.489.

The lower gas prices have certainly made Christmas shopping a little easier with more cash in the wallet. Let's just hope the prices continue to come down.