VBIN's oil stock thread.

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I'd call Iowa 90% normal. I live in a touristy little town on the Illinois border and the visitor traffic isn't back to 90%. Just across the river dining rooms appear mostly closed. I think some restaurants are going to try to get by with the lower expenses as long as they can. At least they survived for now. Many did not. The strip mall next to my HD store is more than 50% vacant though. I don't know the final outcome but the deck was reshuffled for sure.

California has to have crazy high gasoline taxes. That doesn't sell well in most states. We don't have the wages to pay double (or more) for every basic need. CA is very important to our economy but I don't pay much attention to your pricing. Gas is $2.78 where I live. $3.25 in IL, probably closer to $2.50 in MO. Illinoisans wear all the bridges out giving their money to border states.