Surging Gas Prices Have Hit These US Cities the Hardest
Prices at the pump have surged everywhere, but it hurts more in cities where driving is the only option.
Customers wait to fill their vehicles at a gas station in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Gas prices have skyrocketed across the US as a result of the Iran war, but the surge is causing more economic pain in some cities than others.
And it’s not necessarily in the places where gas prices have risen the most, like Chicago or Los Angeles. Instead, it’s in smaller, more spread-out cities, like Nashville or Indianapolis, according to an analysis of local gas prices through April 9 from data aggregator GasBuddy and figures on driver mileage from the Federal Highway Administration.