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Filling up the Mitsubishi yesterday and pulled into the local gas station. I have been pretty good about feeding my car premium gas since I bought it as instructed by the manufacturer. However, I was given pause, when for the first time ever in my life, gas had exceeded $2.00 a gallon. $2.00 9/10 to be exact at the local 7-11. Shocker, and until now, the rising price of gas really didn't bug me... but the $2.00 barrier hit home for some reason. Meanwhile, I am also torqued off that our gas stations (2) in Urbana somehow feel that now, they can charge almost 10 cents more a gallon than their brothers up the road in Frederick. It's like they sense that they have tapped into the "Upscale Community" thing and are going to make everyone pay a premium. Problem is, when I actually moved in over 3 years ago, housing prices weren't at a premium and gas was as cheap as it was up the road. Now, housing prices have almost DOUBLED and so I guess, our local merchants feel we can pay extra for the convenience of local gas. Screw them. Jerks.