I'm not sure that there is a real problem here. Suppose you have two houses, both the same size and age and built on similar sized lots. One is in the inner city and one in a relatively high class suburban area. Would you charge the same price for each? Of course not. You'd sell each house for the highest price you could get. Don't get me wrong; I'm not necessarily a fan of huge corporations, but I would think that they should have the same pricing freedom that the rest of us enjoy. Just a thought.
i'm not the first person to notice that if you drive over to las vegas, where most people fly into and take a taxi to a hotel and casino, the price of gas is 20 or 30 cents below the west coast.
do they have oil wells there? nada. do they have refineries there? nada.
the oil wells and refineries are over in los angeles. they truck the gas in from los angeles, which costs money. yet, their gas is cheaper.
why? the west coast is a tourist driving area. people fly in, but they rent autos and drive up and down the coast. i live 5 miles from the 5 freeway. i would never buy gasoline over near the ocean, around the 5; it costs 20 cents more than where i live.
these inequities were amply discussed on the roger hedgecock show, especially 2 or 3 years ago. then, the price of a barrel of oil had dropped below $12.00 on the international market. at that time gasoline in san diego was about $2.00 per gallon. meanwhile, gasoline in atlanta georgia, according to people on the radio who called in to roger, was $.90. so, san diego was really being gouged. as people remarked sarcastically, "they have all of those oil wells and refineries in atlanta". yeah, right.
all of the shills on fr whose relatives work for oil companies will proceed to denounce this reply. bye.