Conteplating a move and have always lived in the Eastern time zone
Oh god, the stock market. Trying to trade open at 6:30am as a night owl is the worst.
Americans are bad at geography but shit are people from the east Coast some of the worst. They have “center of the universe syndrome” and have no idea about the rest of the country. I was looking to relocate to the East Coast about 10 years ago and had 3 interviews with different companies in NY, DC and PHL where the company failed to call me at the correct time, sometimes multiple instances, as they couldn’t understand the time difference.
Doesn’t everyone fucking learn about the 4 continental time zones in school? Why is it confusing?
Wait. So you knew you were applying to companies on ET, they said they wanted to set up an interview at some arbitrary time without specifying a time zone, and you just rolled with the assumption that it was PT instead of asking to clarify? That kind of feels like it’s on you. If I was living in ET, I applied to a job with a company located in SF, and I missed the interview bc I assumed it was ET instead of PT that would totally be on me.
No, we agreed on PT. They just didn’t know what the time difference was and couldn’t be bothered to look it up. I finally just started scheduling in ET and then realized I didn’t want to work with people who couldn’t count to 4 and decided not to relocate.
Well then yeah they sound ridiculous.
Sports on the earlier side so you can go to bed at a decent time.
People are pretty chill.
In my frequent visits to Hawaii in the winter months they are 5 hours behind EST. So NFL games would start at 8AM
Perfect for mimosas and then a day at the beach. 😊
can we party together
Sounds like a plan!
Saw a video about this recently.
Apparently west coast sports teams have an advantage over more easterly teams because of circadian rhythms. If you have to travel east a time zone or two to play, you’re playing late in their day, but it’s still early in yours so you’re more awake and up for action.
If you have to travel west a time zone or two, you get the opposite effect. It’s now very late for you, even if the sun’s still up in this hellish western place. You’re groggy and tired and you’re not as fleet of foot on the sportsball field.
So basically, on the off-chance that OP’s a pro sportsballer, they might want to bear that in mind.
A few things to consider if relocating from east to west:
The seemingly endless open space in the west can have a physical effect. I’ve known east-to-west transplants who were unnerved by what they perceived as a sense of desolation. They felt more at home with dense cities, skyscrapers, a faster pace, urban noise, and an absence of distant horizons.
The west has a lot of dry and brown land. Unlike the wetter east, most people need to use sprinklers or irrigation. Water is a concern in the west.
Generally speaking, east communication is more abrupt and unmistakable. West speak can have layers of innuendo that can feel treacherous to people who are accustomed to blunt language.
Tonight I couldn’t find any decent fireworks live streams for our midnight. Anyone have any suggestions for next year? Though there’s the slimmest chance I’ll remember
Not necessarily a “time zone” thing, but more of a cultural thing.
From a media perspective, things are less important on the West Coast than the East Coast.
For example:
A storm knocks out power from British Columbia to Northern California. You’ll likely never hear about it unless you’re local.
If it’s slightly colder than normal in New York City? Suddenly National News.
It was funny watching the east coast freak out about all the wildfire smoke though, after we got used to it for like a decade
Why is this?
Because major media is in NYC.
Number of people impacted could be part of the reason.
I don’t live there yet but the states are better
If you’re just wondering about time zones — not many advantages: the stock market is already moving at 6am and closes in the early afternoon. If you have east coast family, they’ll text you when you’re asleep in the morning. Then, when you have time to text them at night, they’ll be asleep. Big events like presidential debates and addresses start when you’re just leaving work or commuting, so you tend to miss out on them.
This is an east coast vs west coast thing more than timezone pacific, but the ocean on the east coast is way warmer thanks to the Gulf Stream. I’ve been surfing in SoCal in the middle of summer and the water was freezing vs surfing in NY in May and it was tolerable (still cold tho).
I just explained why Oregonians “go to the coast”, they don’t “go to the beach”.
This is the most accurate way to sum up a PNW beach. Except Washington beaches are rocky.
Not timezones related, but i found California to be a work hard/play hard culture. You’re 100% on 8 - 5 and then all off, but still very active. Lots of people would go surfing or biking before work. Fruit stands and good fresh food and wine options made for frequent gatherings and much less ‘chill alone at home’ time. Nice free nature activities so almost every weekend= beach or mountains. That was pre-covid, in our 20’s, and with young kids, so that was part of the activity too.
That’s true. Washington is kind of like that, but only during summer. After that most people retreat into their holes and don’t come out again until spring. Of course there are winter sports people, but I don’t know any of them.
The ski areas in western Washington are too crowded to be worth it.
Steven’s Pass is really busy? I’ve been thinking about trying skiing, and that’s the closest place, but I despise overcrowded places.
Always, yes.
Bummer.
Agreed. Maybe if you can get out there on like a Tuesday morning or something, I don’t know.
You should try Baker, it’s way better. Get there 30 minutes before the chairlifts start for good parking. Don’t tell anyone else, lol.
“No one drives in new york city. There is too much traffic.”
People here keep saying folks are more chill on the West Coast, but I’ve lived in NYC for two years and around California for 8 (mostly the bay area), and this hasn’t been my experience at all. If anything, I’ve noticed the opposite of the stereotype. The California folks tend to be very un-“chill” when I deviate from some social norm by accident, while New Yorkers are generally pretty accepting. I also find when I ask folks out west to be direct because I really need that they way my mind works, they still often don’t, but New Yorkers will. I’m not sure what others mean when they say the West Coast is more chill since it was so much harder for me to get by there-- maybe they’re talking about something else.
I don’t know if NY’ers are more accepting, but they certainly have more DGAF or are hardened against non-normal things because of exposure to a lot of different things as part of metro life.
I do find people out west to appear to brush off non-normal behavior but start talking about the faux pas as soon as the perpetrator is out of earshot and get judgy. NY’ers might make eye contact, shrug, and/or have a short laugh, then move on.
CA “chill” is just the result of that brush off. Things are NBD because of that appearance, nobody really invests anything in interaction.
You don’t need to stay up until 3am if something is launching at midnight.
Most of the Formula 1 races fall on a Sunday starting between 7-9am, perfect to finish watching the race and to get on with your day.
The Pacific is pretty big to have one time zone.
PST is a big place with a lot of variation. I have lived in CA & WA and found that in both things are way more chill than out east. However the biggest disadvantage of this is when you try to hire tradespeople to fix things at your home. Both states I’ve had lots of bad experiences with people who couldn’t give a shit. I know this can happen anywhere but I’m talking about a larger tend I’ve observed after living both places. Out west I’ve really struggled with finding someone to do a good job fixing anything at my home so I ended up learning to do a lot more stuff than I wanted just to get it done halfway decently.
If you live in the Pacific time zone, there are no advantages or disadvantages to living in the Eastern time zone.
