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What I don't get about this idea is that it would put Massachusetts in a very strange place - if you left the state in any direction in the winter you'd drop ba
by madcaptenor 10y ago
What I don't get about this idea is that it would put Massachusetts in a very strange place - if you left the state in any direction in the winter you'd drop back an hour. Is the idea that Massachusetts is powerful enough in New England that the rest of the New England states would go along? (Just under half the population of New England lives in Massachusetts, so this isn't entirely far-fetched.)
I can't imagine all of Connecticut would go along, though. It wouldn't surprise me if eastern CT went with Boston time while western CT went with New York time, following roughly the Red Sox - Yankees border.
- dragonwriter 10y agoI've seen reports of other states on the Eastern Seaboard considering the same thing (I remember Maine specifically, but I think there were more.)
- madcaptenor 10y agoThis article reports on a New Hampshire proposal: whttp://www.concordmonitor.com/time-zone-Atlantic-bill-7545169 http://www.concordmonitor.com/time-zone-Atlantic-bill-754516... And this one on a Rhode Island proposal: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/11/will-new-england-secede-from-eastern-standard-time/4T9tNuLYXX3rz3SKWMpkZI/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/11/will-new-englan... Both explicitly require Massachusetts to go first. Maine has been considering it for longer (which makes sense, as it's further east), since 2005, according to this story: https://bangordailynews.com/2017/01/19/politics/state-house/maine-lawmakers-take-another-stab-at-changing-states-time-zone/?ref=topStories3Thumb https://bangordailynews.com/2017/01/19/politics/state-house/... . The proposals there don't seem to be contingent on Massachusetts making the first move. I couldn't find any references to proposals in Vermont or Connecticut.