# What time zone would you like to live in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-would-you-like-to-live-in/460851 "2008-08-21T21:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-would-you-like-to-live-in/460851/21 "2008-08-23T19:56:33Z")
> [@](#): > > GMT - it’s the Real Thing! > > (Except when we’re on BST, which is actually nicer, as in midsummer it stays light till 10pm; more like 11pm in the northwest.) I aggree with that! However, I can’t really see how it makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-would-you-like-to-live-in/460851/22 "2008-08-23T22:48:24Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Seriously? Is that just because of the traffic or something? I work 9-5:30 most days and almost everybody I know works some variation of 9-5 or similar, unless they work retail. This is in a smaller city where almost nobody has that flex time stuff, though. [/QUOTE] I don’t know anyone who has a 9-5 job. Typical east coast jobs are 8-4. ---
**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-would-you-like-to-live-in/460851/23 "2008-08-24T00:29:52Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] I don’t know anyone who has a 9-5 job. Typical east coast jobs are 8-4. [/QUOTE] What east coast are you on? In NYC everyone I know is 9-5 too. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-would-you-like-to-live-in/460851/24 "2008-08-24T21:56:58Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] I don’t know anyone who has a 9-5 job. Typical east coast jobs are 8-4. [/QUOTE] I guess my job sucks. I work 7-5. It is good money, tho. Central time is where my body clock is. Cannot say enough bad things about these po’ folks in EST. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-would-you-like-to-live-in/460851/25 "2008-08-25T16:15:00Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] I don’t know anyone who has a 9-5 job. Typical east coast jobs are 8-4. [/QUOTE] In San Francisco, I work 8-4:30, but most everyone else I know works something like 9-5:30, give or take half an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-would-you-like-to-live-in/460851/26 "2008-08-25T19:03:34Z")
I’ve lived most of my life in the Central time zone, a few years in the Eastern time zone, and spent a summer in the Pacific zone a few years ago. Trying to follow the Cubs (or any other team) while living in the Eastern time zone was a real bitch. Night games wouldn’t generally finish until at least 11, and day games would finish right around the time I was driving home from work, making me miss the end. I’m glad to be out of that piece-of-crap zone. It was pretty cool following Cubs day games when I was in Seattle, because they start at 11:20 AM Pacific time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-zone-would-you-like-to-live-in/460851.md?page=1)