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endofthered01674 t1_iuqa3ce wrote

I believe it just started as a means of "maximizing the daylight."

So when you wake up at 6-7AM, the sun will be up, whereas if we didn't move the clocks back, it would be dark until almost 8-9am.

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Fit-Anything8352 t1_iurcjuz wrote

I'd rather go to school/work in the dark then have sunset at 4pm. We do it every January anyways.

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endofthered01674 t1_iurcpcv wrote

I think they tried this once, and what tanked it was kids going to school in the dark.

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Fit-Anything8352 t1_iurcu5y wrote

I don't really get it though because the kids are already going to school in the dark for like a month mid-winter anyways. Especially in Massachusetts where we have good public school bus coverage so nobody really has to walk if they don't want to.

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