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I have no problem with the twice a year clock changing either. My issue has always been that it gets too dark, too early in the winter on standard time where I live. It gets pitch black before 4:30pm where I live in December on standard time. I could be happy with either of the following scenarios:
(1) Move my area from the eastern time zone to the atlantic time zone and stay on standard time all year round.
(2) Keep my area in the eastern time zone but go on DST all year round.
Either of these scenarios would result in a tremendous increase in quality of life.
I don't mind changing the clock, I enjoy the extra hour of sunlight in the summer afternoon for outdoor activities.
Love it. I absolutely hate when it gets pitch black at 5pm in the winter. Wake up in the dark, go to work all day, then drive home in the dark. It makes you fat, runs up the light bill, and depresses you.
I am thrilled that this is happening. Nothing is more depressing than leaving work in the winter when it's already dark.
Agreed. This is a lot of why I shifted my work hours so I can get home when there's still *some* light, but even then, it's not for long. I could care less about it being dark in the morning, I'm just puttering around getting ready for work anyway.
I don't care what it's called but keep it light later. Mornings, I never had to get up before 6:30am to get to work. That's pretty early and unless you have a really long commute, I can't see that a whole lot of people would be affected by it being dark in the morning. Schools--they've been talking for a while now about school starting later so the kids can get more sleep. There's no reason to start school so early.
Where I live it's pitch black at 4:30 pm in winter. At one job I used to get out at 5pm and had to walk to a distant parking lot in the dark and cold of winter. That wasn't too safe. Also, when I was a teacher and we had meetings after work, it could go to 6pm and I'd be roaming around in a dark parking lot looking for my car.
Summer evenings are beautiful when the days are longer! It's so depressing to turn the clocks back in the fall and have it be dark so early.
The bold is what I wanted to say, but you beat me to it! I have no idea what the average school day is for kids, but when I went to school and my kids went to school, the average was about 8:30 to 3. I can't think of any reason why kids can't go to school from 9:30 to 4, unless more working parents would be negatively affected by that -- but isn't it true that MOST schools now offer before and after school care, anyway? (Maybe I'm wrong about that!)
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