Have High Gas Prices Changed Your Lifestyle?

Gas prices here in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area are dropping s-l-o-w-l-y...but another change has already occurred, a change in your lifestyle.

A new Gallup Poll found that Americans are still a little shell-shocked by where gas prices have gone. Fifty-three percent of Americans report that they have made major changes in their personal lives to accommodate steep gas prices.

The poll goes on to say...nearly a third of Americans are driving less. But they're also cutting back on vacation travel.

The USA Today/Gallup poll conducted May 12-15, says

67% of Americans say the recent high gas prices have caused them financial hardship, including 21% who say they have caused them severe hardship. This is among the highest levels of reported hardship Gallup has seen on this measure since 2000, and is similar to the 71% found when average gas prices nationwide topped $4 per gallon in 2008 and the 72% when they first exceeded $3 per gallon in 2005.