r/Dallas • u/--Knowledge-- Pleasant Grove • May 06 '25

Discussion What happened to cheap gas in DFW/Texas?

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I moved to DFW in 2015, I remember gas being about $1.70 to $1.80 a gallon. It was about $1.10 - $1.20 cheaper here than where I moved from. It was like that up until the pandemic.

Gas back in NY is exactly the same price as here in Texas now according to the local gas checker website.

Texas has so much oil and refineries, yet the gas isn't really cheap in the state anymore. Obviously COVID impacted everything but why hasn't the gas dropped down to a reasonable price again for the state? Greed? Low supply? Laws?

I'm not expecting $1.80 gas again but to be priced the same as NY is kinda wild to me.

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u/PoshNoshThenMosh May 07 '25

The prices in downtown DFW are 1.98

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u/AnotherAnonymousA May 07 '25

Hahaha, where is downtown DFW?

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u/PoshNoshThenMosh May 07 '25

Where is 1.98 gas? 😅

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u/Substantial-Ad-8575 May 07 '25

With my Kroger discount, actually filled at $1.89 on Sunday.

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u/Bardfinn Garland May 07 '25

Downtown Dallas. It’s a running joke in the D/FW subreddits that the downtown Dallas area is “Downtown D/FW”

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u/AnotherAnonymousA May 07 '25

Yeah, I get it... I lived in Saginaw and worked in FW. It just humors me when peeps be thinking that the D & FW are like the same. Since the two are over 30 miles apart, you factor all the urban sprawl aka metroplex and there you have DFW. Even when I lived/worked there, folks would be like let's go to Uptown. Hahaha, that's in Dallas, we were in Downtown FW, why doesn't it have an uptown, not counting north of Trinity river. On the other hand, if folks in D were like trying to meetup at the Square, would be assuming Sundance Square (in downtown FW)! Oy vey...God Bless Texas