Atlanta area drivers are paying more at the pump this summer. At a Chevron Station in Lilburn, where gas is $2.74 per gallon for credit card purchases, there’s a range of reactions.
“It’s entirely too high right now to tell you the truth. It’d take me about $40 to fill up my gas tank when it used to take me about $30,” said Kevin Bell, a motorist from Stone Mountain. “Now I got to spend $100 a week, it’s basically another bill. I don’t joyride, I limit the places that I go. I just cut out all the extra driving.”
Temple Karl of Lilburn, however, said she hasn’t been upset about the price increases as a recent transplant from California.
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