This year was a recent anomaly. I’ve lived in central KY now for four years and have watched diesel because with my 120+ mile round trip commute I was considering a diesel car and realized that the diesel was expensive enough to more than ruin any savings from better fuel mileage. Winter, spring, summer or fall.
But now it’s the same price as regular.
On a side note, when I was a kid in the 60’s (and early 70’s) it was always a given that gas was more expensive in small towns and rural areas than it was in the city. Now it’s the opposite. I guess if you are gonna want to over-charge people, you want to overcharge the most people.
It is supply and demand. More people with fewer sites per capita available. Not to mention the property cost/rent downtown versus a rural location