Gas Prices Rise in Florida and...everywhere

Just when you thought that refreshing $2.75 at the pump was here to stay, the next time you stopped at your local Chevron, the figure had jumped to a staggering $3.02. No, it's not a joke. This is the harsh reality in South Florida and across the United States.

AAA just put out a list of the top ten, most expensive states to buy gas in:

Most expensive:

• Florida: averaging $2.90 per gallon...I guess I live in a town where we're 12 cents above average...wonderful.
• Idaho: averaging $2.90 per gallon
• New Mexico: averaging $2.90 a gallon
• Arizona: averaging $2.97 per gallon
• Connecticut: averaging $2.98 a gallon
• New York: averaging $2.98 a gallon
• Nevada: averaging $3.11 per gallon
• Oregon: $3.12 a gallon
• Hawaii: $3.14 a gallon
• Washington: averaging $3.15 a gallon
• California: averaging $3.35 a gallon

Least expensive:

• Arkansas: averaging $2.74 a gallon
• Mississippi: averaging $2.74 a gallon
• Tennessee: averaging $2.74 a gallon
• Ohio: $2.72 a gallon
• Kentucky: $2.72 a gallon
• South Carolina: $2.72 a gallon
• Oklahoma: averaging $2.69 a gallon
• Missouri: averaging $2.68 a gallon
• New Jersey: $2.67 a gallon (my home-sweet-home...how I miss it..they even pump your gas for you)
• Minnesota: $2.67 a gallon

If your state is somewhere on these lists, I hope its the second one! It's going to be a pricy summer if these are the figures in April!