Skyrocketing gas prices have affected many areas of our everyday lives. Consumers have been used to prices going up for years but not any where close to recent rates. I was excited over the weekend to fill up at the Safeway in the Kirkland/Kingsgate area for $4.26. Wow, talk about a change of thinking from just a few months ago! Yesterday, I filled my small Element’s tank of gas and it still cost me almost $50…for a little tiny Element!

People always wondered at what point people would say “enough is enough” and now we know…$4. People are finally starting to change the way they live their everyday lives. This is not necessarily a bad thing…just quite a difference from how things were over the past several years. One area that we don’t always think about gas prices really affecting is the housing market. However, recent surveys indicate that gas prices actually help some areas while severely hurting others. …more

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