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> Iceland and the Scandinavian countries have, let's say, "weather-related" reasons for their depressions. Seasonal Affective Disorder also occurs in the Unite
by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> Iceland and the Scandinavian countries have, let's say, "weather-related" reasons for their depressions.
Seasonal Affective Disorder also occurs in the United States. Much of the US population lives in areas with significantly shorter days in the winter.
- loeg 3y agoMost of the US is significantly south of much of continental Europe (not just Scandinavia), as a point of comparison. We (broadly) experience longer days in the winter than Europeans.
- systemtest 3y agoStockholm has 1973 hours of sunshine a year, compared to 2100 hours in Seattle. The US has more sun, but not enough for a significant difference.
- loeg 3y agoGP is talking about winter sunlight, not year-round numbers. (Longer summer days don't help seasonal affective disorder.) Stockholm sees about 6 hours of daylight at winter solstice, while Seattle sees 8.25. And Seattle is sort of cherry-picked -- it's one of the northern-most cities in the continental US, representing 1.2% of the US population (including the full metro area). LA sees 9.75 hours of daylight on the solstice. Honolulu sees 10.75 hours. The US population-weighted centroid is approximately Missouri[1], which sees 9.5 hours of daylight on the solstice -- more than 50% more than Stockholm. [1]: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/mar22/center-population.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/mar22/center-population.h...
- systemtest 3y agoYou seem to be mixing up daylight and sunshine hours. Sunshine is what helps alleviate seasonal affective disorder.