Older lady here. My little sister and I were children when Nixon instituted DST for January 1974. We stood in the Minnesota cold in complete darkness (no streetlights, often no moon) waving a flashlight at the morning school bus. We checked the flashlight each night to be sure we'd be ready the next morning. And my sister was always terrified of the dark, even with a flashlight.
That's a fine story for little-house-on-the-prairie anecdotal value, but I wouldn't wish year-round DST on anyone. Not when you're farther north. Not when the nearest ocean not blocked by mountains is the Arctic. Winter "morning" per the DST clock is just too dark and too cold.
That's a fine story for little-house-on-the-prairie anecdotal value, but I wouldn't wish year-round DST on anyone. Not when you're farther north. Not when the nearest ocean not blocked by mountains is the Arctic. Winter "morning" per the DST clock is just too dark and too cold.