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Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS (NEW YORK TIMES)
Published: June 9, 2008
Across the South, Southwest and the upper Great Plains, low incomes and heavy dependence on pickup trucks and vans is putting an even tighter squeeze on family budgets.
People are giving up meat so they can buy fuel. Gasoline theft is rising. And drivers are running out of gas more often, leaving their cars by the side of the road until they can scrape together gas money.
LINK TO FULL STORY at "The New York Times"
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