Mainers have been frustrated with gas prices for several years now. Although they have been high in the past, interesting stats show that compared to the inflated prices of many expenses, gas prices appear to be right in line with where they were 20 years ago.
I thought it might be fun... and maybe a bit painful to take time travel back in the day to see just how much more us Mainers are forking over for essentials these days. Spoiler alert: It’s way more than we’d like.
Americans have accumulated hundreds of billions of dollars in personal loan debt, especially over the last few years with the inflation crisis, and it appears that Mainers are feeling the hit more than most.
Inflation has always and likely will always be a thing. The last couple of years, it’s grown at a rate that we are not used to, leaving a lot of us scraping the bottoms of our wallets to stay afloat.