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Gas Prices Falling for the First Time in Months as Winter Weather Hits Syracuse

By Andrew Selover

ANDREW SELOVER: WHEN SYRACUSE RESIDENTS GO FILL UP THEIR CARS RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE SPENDING JUST A LITTLE LESS MONEY THAN THE PAST MONTH.

WALKER OETT: “I MEAN THE GAS PRICES AT THIS STATION ARE DEFINITELY A LITTLE HIGHER ALWAYS, BUT THEY ARE LOWER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN. AND IT’S THE CLOSEST ONE TO ME WHICH IS WHY I COME HERE.”

STELLA THOMPSON: “I DO DOORDASH AND UBER SO I ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO THE LOWEST GAS PRICES. I MEAN THEY’VE DROPPED SOME. CERTAIN PLACES THE CHEAPEST I’VE SEEN IT IS LIKE THREE SIXTY-NINE DEPENDING ON THE AREA. IT HAS GOTTEN LOWER BUT IT’S LIKE AN UP AND DOWN DECREASE SO HOW MUCH YOU DRIVE IS HOW MUCH YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND.”

ANDREW SELOVER: AS GAS PRICES START TO TREND DOWN HERE IN SYRACUSE, THAT MEANS IT COSTS LESS TO FILL UP THIS CAR, BUT PEOPLE IN SYRACUSE WILL BE DRIVING A LOT LESS AS WINTER WEATHER HITS. EVEN THEN, THOSE WALLETS WILL SAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY WHEN THEY COME TO THE PUMPS.

WALKER OETTL: “YEAH, I’LL BE DRIVING A LOT LESS WHEN THE SNOW STARTS POURING BUT IT STILL HELPS WITH MY BUDGET. IT’S GOING TO BE NICE HAVING LOWER GAS PRICES.”

STELLA THOMPSON: “WELL I DON’T DRIVE WHEN IT SNOWS. THAT’S JUST ME. I DON’T LIKE TO DRIVE
WHEN IT SNOWS. IF IT’S TOO BAD OUTSIDE, I’M NOT GOING TO DRIVE ANYWAYS.”

ANDREW SELOVER: FROM SPEEDWAY IN SYRACUSE, I’M ANDREW SELOVER, N-C-C NEWS.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — For the first time in over a month, gas prices are dropping in Syracuse. As residents go fill up their cars at the pumps, they will no longer see the four dollar prices that became standard over the past month. “I’ve seen it as low as like $3.69 [per gallon] depending on the area,” said Syracuse local Stella Thompson.

Thompson works as a driver for both DoorDash and Uber. “I always pay attention to the lowest gas prices,” said Thompson. Whenever Thompson goes to the pumps she always “fills up with 50 dollars and whatever it makes [her] it makes [her],” she said. With gas prices dropping slightly, that gets her just a little more fuel in the tank.

Thompson will not be on the road as much in the near future though. Syracuse received snowfall for the first time this season to begin the month of November, and the winter weather can keep Thompson and many other drivers off the roads. “I don’t drive when it snows,” laughed Thompson. “I just don’t like to drive when it snows,” she reiterated.

Syracuse student Walker Oettl backed this belief up saying, “My car does not make it very far in the winter,” as he looked back at his old Toyota Highlander. “I’m on the roads way less, doing the least I can,” finished Oettl. He did add that the drop in gas prices still does not hurt. “It still helps with my budget. It’s going to be nice having lower gas prices.”

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