ELI5. Why do New England states use home heating oil while the rest of the country seems to use other sources?

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They’re not the coldest states. Does it have to do with infrastructure? Thanks. [http://nhenergy.blogspot.com/2014_01_01_archive.html?m=1](http://nhenergy.blogspot.com/2014_01_01_archive.html?m=1)

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My input after owning 2 houses in MA over the past 10 years or so. I had a smaller house as my first house and it was close to the center of town. The house was built in the mid – early 1800’s. When doing renovations it wasn’t uncommon to come upon square nails (late 1700’s – about 1830). Because this house was in the center of town I had natural gas heat. At some point they added that to the town’s infrastructure.

I bought a house 2 years ago probably 5 miles away from the old house and there is no gas on my road. The road was built up in the early 90’s. My house was built in 92 and we have oil. Due to the price of oil I installed a wood stove.

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