Daylight Saving Time possibly permanent 11/2023 (1 Viewer)

[TheRealJRad]

That means you also have around a 10am sunrise. No Thank You

Fwiw,I googled Fairbanks AK for sunset/sunrise times at the winter solstice.

Sunrise 10.59 AM. Sunset 2.39 PM.

I'd seriously hate that

I feel like it'd be so hard to wake up. I guess maybe you get used to it but still

 

[buzd]

That means you also have around a 10am sunrise. No Thank You

Fwiw,I googled Fairbanks AK for sunset/sunrise times at the winter solstice.

Sunrise 10.59 AM. Sunset 2.39 PM.

I'd seriously hate that

You also get a weird extended twilight on both sides. It doesn’t make it better but it’s not the same as 20 hours of complete darkness.

 

[Saintman2884]

That means you also have around a 10am sunrise. No Thank You

Fwiw,I googled Fairbanks AK for sunset/sunrise times at the winter solstice.

Sunrise 10.59 AM. Sunset 2.39 PM.

I'd seriously hate that

Well, in case you werent aware, Alaska is one of the least-populated states in the Union and its population density had gotten so lean and thin, that about 20-25 years ago, IIRC, they began paying out-of-state residents to move there as a way to increase the population. It would be very difficult, mentally exhausting and challenging and it would be a gradual process for most people who've never visited or even lived anywhere near such conditions to become adaptive to it and I'm sure, their are quite a few documented cases of people who once lived in Juneau, Anchorage, and Fairbanks, Alaska that have vivid, highly-detailed stories about being unable to adapt or live there, long-time.

Living in Alaska is, and I hate to quantify it like this, can be a bit of an outlaw existence in that you're experiencing harsher, less-advantageous, sort of pre-industriaized, old Wild West-type of life before massive technological advancements, inventions and innovations came along and made ordinary lives of people living in advanced, highly-industrialized countries easier.

 

[zeetes]

so o i

 

[Saintman2884]

You also get a weird extended twilight on both sides. It doesn’t make it better but it’s not the same as 20 hours of complete darkness.

Buzd, based on your reply here, would it be somewhat fair to argue or infer that living in a small remote town, or medium-sized city in Alaska would be sort of akin to kind of an outlaw existence? What I mean by that is that due to the harsher winter climate, living conditions would be far less advantageous, more pre-industrialized, old Wild West, less technologically advanced society or culture? I suspect if I lived in a place like Alaska, or Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Yuppers), where wild animals out-number people 20-30:1 or more, the surrounding conditions, lack of a solid, maybe rudimentary sort of infrastructure, it would sort of resemble living in the 1870's or 1880's Wyoming, Utah, or Arizona Territories (made up of the modern states of Arizona and New Mexico).

 

[faceman]

You also get a weird extended twilight on both sides. It doesn’t make it better but it’s not the same as 20 hours of complete darkness.

I looked that up after your post. They'll get 1hr 52m of civil twilight in the morning and afternoon. That makes it
roughly 16 hrs of total darkness which still sucks.

 

[Saint_Ward]

to this day I still don't like having summer days where it starts to get dark around 9pm, but in the winter it is around 5pm.

Move to the equator if you don't want to experience as much of Earth's tilt..

 

[Saint_Ward]

Buzd, based on your reply here, would it be somewhat fair to argue or infer that living in a small remote town, or medium-sized city in Alaska would be sort of akin to kind of an outlaw existence? What I mean by that is that due to the harsher winter climate, living conditions would be far less advantageous, more pre-industrialized, old Wild West, less technologically advanced society or culture? I suspect if I lived in a place like Alaska, or Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Yuppers), where wild animals out-number people 20-30:1 or more, the surrounding conditions, lack of a solid, maybe rudimentary sort of infrastructure, it would sort of resemble living in the 1870's or 1880's Wyoming, Utah, or Arizona Territories (made up of the modern states of Arizona and New Mexico).

Yoopers.

 

[Saint_Ward]

Pass. I would prefer my grandkids get some time outdoors after school.

Schools could adjust their start times based on the seasons.

Clocks aren't the only thing that can change.

 

[Madmarsha]

Move to the equator if you don't want to experience as much of Earth's tilt..

Tilt? I thought the earth was flat.

 

[Saint_Ward]

Tilt? I thought the earth was flat.

 

[buzd]

Buzd, based on your reply here, would it be somewhat fair to argue or infer that living in a small remote town, or medium-sized city in Alaska would be sort of akin to kind of an outlaw existence? What I mean by that is that due to the harsher winter climate, living conditions would be far less advantageous, more pre-industrialized, old Wild West, less technologically advanced society or culture? I suspect if I lived in a place like Alaska, or Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Yuppers), where wild animals out-number people 20-30:1 or more, the surrounding conditions, lack of a solid, maybe rudimentary sort of infrastructure, it would sort of resemble living in the 1870's or 1880's Wyoming, Utah, or Arizona Territories (made up of the modern states of Arizona and New Mexico).

No

 

[faceman]

Well, in case you werent aware, Alaska is one of the least-populated states in the Union and its population density had gotten so lean and thin, that about 20-25 years ago, IIRC, they began paying out-of-state residents to move there as a way to increase the population. It would be very difficult, mentally exhausting and challenging and it would be a gradual process for most people who've never visited or even lived anywhere near such conditions to become adaptive to it and I'm sure, their are quite a few documented cases of people who once lived in Juneau, Anchorage, and Fairbanks, Alaska that have vivid, highly-detailed stories about being unable to adapt or live there, long-time.

Living in Alaska is, and I hate to quantify it like this, can be a bit of an outlaw existence in that you're experiencing harsher, less-advantageous, sort of pre-industriaized, old Wild West-type of life before massive technological advancements, inventions and innovations came along and made ordinary lives of people living in advanced, highly-industrialized countries easier.

People who live in those areas have access to modern equipment. Yeah, the weather would be rough,but it
would nowhere be close to living there in the 1870's.

 

[Saintman2884]

People who live in those areas have access to modern equipment. Yeah, the weather would be rough,but it
would nowhere be close to living there in the 1870's.

Mentally, and psychologically, living in such a remote, harsh climate would make adapting difficult and a serious grind for some people. Again, I preface my earlier point about that not just including Alaska, but other remote, sparsely-populated regions in this country like North and South Dakota, Michigan's Upper Peninsula (Yoopers), northern Maine, northern New Mexico cities like Taos.

A very solitary existence, but honestly, I could easily see myself happily living in such surroundings.