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I live just a couple hundred miles south of the arctic circle, and personally I hate the time of year where we "accelerate" into the equinoxes (equinoxii?). The
by porkloin 2y ago
I live just a couple hundred miles south of the arctic circle, and personally I hate the time of year where we "accelerate" into the equinoxes (equinoxii?). The rate of change is just too fast and too disruptive, and you _really_ see its effects on people. And then DST comes in and makes it even worse.
The difference as you climb in latitude is really shocking. Even just another 3-400 miles south of here, the rate of change is way less severe.
Anyway nice work and cool article! I've done some of these rough calculations myself before to plot out the change just to verify that I'm not insane for hating this time of year, and you did a way better job than I ever did :)
- jjtheblunt 2y ago> equinoxes (equinoxii?) nox -> noctes, so equinoctes, if you're feeling Latin
- tcoff91 2y agoWhat makes you choose to live at such an extreme latitude? I'm always curious about what draws people to live in such places.
- porkloin 2y agoI grew up here, so it's "home" so to speak. Well, technically my childhood home was a few hundred miles further south than where I am now (Fairbanks, Alaska). It's definitely an extreme climate to live in, but there are a ton of things to do outdoors, and although the daylight changes are very extreme, the excessive summer daylight makes that part of the year truly amazing. I do think the extreme polar opposites in daylight and temperature for summer and winter solstices contribute to people here being a little...unbalanced. But for a lot of people, the unique landscape, low population, and abundance of outdoor activities make it worthwhile.