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Agree. Or just rejigger North America's time zones generally. There is no reason why Bostonians should have to tolerate 4:15 sunsets. The most frequent modern
by twoodfin 11y ago
Agree. Or just rejigger North America's time zones generally.
There is no reason why Bostonians should have to tolerate 4:15 sunsets. The most frequent modern objection I hear is that children will have to go to school in the dark, but school schedules aren't orbital mechanics: Shift those around instead.
- ghaff 11y agoMuch as I'd prefer year-round DST in general (as we once had), I have enough flexibility these days that it really doesn't matter that much. At one level I wouldn't be opposed to moving New England to Atlantic Time where it "belongs." But, if I'm being honest, I have to admit that it's probably not worth putting Boston in a separate timezone from New York and the rest of the East Coast (and creating a 4 hour difference from California).
- tossaway1 11y agoI don't think shifting school schedules is as easy as you'd think. The start times in my town (and I assume most) are structured to enable working parents to get to work around 9 (depending on their commute) after getting their kids off to school. Pushing school times back an hour would be a big disruption for a large percentage of the population.
- ryandrake 11y agoThen start work earlier. Again, not rocket science.
- matthewmacleod 11y agoIt's not rocket science, but that doesn't mean it's easy.
- prebrov 11y agoThat is exactly what DST does. Once a year everybody shifts their schedule one hour earlier and start working and go to school one hour earlier.
- rev_bird 11y agoStarting everything "earlier" but not changing the time makes no difference. If I go to work when it's dark, I don't care if we call it 7 a.m. or 8 a.m.