Price of Gas

I talked to both of my parents today, and both of them complained about the price of gas in Michigan -- roughly around $4.35 a gallon. Apparently people over there are going bonkers about it -- lining up for miles around the Walmart gas station to get it at $3 something, calling their relatives at work to warn them about the price of gas. They asked how much it is here, and I said I think it was around $1.35 a liter the last time I checked, which is roughly $5.40 a gallon.  That's actually pretty high, probably the highest I've seen it since I moved here, but I don't think I have ever seen it for any less than maybe $1.05 a liter (4.20 a gallon).

Gas is always more expensive in Canada than in the States, but this conversation got me thinking -- in the three years that I've been here, I don't think I've ever heard anyone in Canada complain about the price of gas. Ever. I complain about it to Jeff and will drive out of my way to go to Costco (one of my least favorite places EVER -- no offence to anyone who works there) to get it for 4 cents cheaper a liter, but that might just be the American in me. It is so so so common for folks in the States to complain about the price of gas, but in Canada not so much, or so it seems. There have to be people here who think the same way and do the same thing, but it's not something I have actually witnessed myself that I can recall.

I could spend a lot of time guessing as to why this could be, but I really don't want to. Just thought I'd jot down my observation.