Recent comments in /f/massachusetts

PintacOnAcid t1_je1bq3q wrote

I’ve lived in the same Easthampton 2BR for more than 22 years. I found it through a local real estate firm named Taylor. There’s a billion on-line sites of course but just asking around town is not unheard of; we’re a very friendly crowd around here…

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Current-Photo2857 t1_je1a4a4 wrote

You wouldn’t get daylight in the winter waking up at 4am anyway? In standard time, winter sunrise is around 7am or later (which is when PLENTY of people are waking up/heading to school or work)…if we were in DST in the winter, sunrises would be as late as almost 8:30 for some areas, and most people need to be awake and at work before then.

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RandyCheeseburgers01 t1_je12h3j wrote

I guess the question is why our days are no longer centered around solar noon. Intuitively, that has to be the most natural way, evolutionarily speaking. Our circadian rhythms haven't changed drastically since the Industrial Revolution. That's not the kind of time scale evolution operates on.

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