Gas in Chicago vs. Everywhere ElseChicago has become my home and I love it here. Five years agowhen I was still a newcomer, the city was having a hard time torecover from the recession in 2009. Economically, Chicago is stillstruggling to recover from the recession. The city have millions ofhearts and those hearts love the direction the city is heading to.Until recently, in my Policy Class, I realized something that is a big

issue for Chicagoan. In the second unit of my Policy course, monopoly, I realized that gas inChicago is getting much more hard to believe that people can afford to have a vehicle. Gasprices in Chicago have been on the rise for weeks and now, they've hit a record. According toWGN News Chicago, the city's current average gas price is $4.08 per gallon (3.785 liters).That's over 35 cents more than $3.71 national average. In downtown Chicago, the price is even60 cents higher than $ 4.08 according to a WGN reporter/anchorman, Robert H Jordan Jr.The city of Chicago is becoming more hard to live in because the gas is rising so high and sofast. Previously Shell gas company was not as monopolist as it is now. I am not so sure if Shellis a monopoly but it is acting like one; it has a large share in the market of Chicago. The stateaverage of $4.12 a gallon seems to be going down but Chicago's price is going in the oppositedirection. This is forcing the people of Chicago to take public transit ( CTA) and bikingaccording to Chicago Tribune. I have a map or visual aid from chicagogasprices.com thatshows the current oil/ gas prices in the city of Chicago.

by Gas Buddy, 2013.

I came to understand that the recent flood problem in Chicago caused some of the gasprice to go up. I became interested in this topic not because it concerns me but because itis a big problem for people with vehicles. I take public transportation because I don’t own avehicle and I find it more expensive to own than to use it. When the price of gas went upconstantly many are starting to take public transit and now the CTA is increasing its priceto. It was not hard for me to know how gas price can also affect people without vehicle but itwas hard to make a connection.

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