Mickey7@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoIf you live in the Pacific time zone what are the advantages and disadvatages over living in the Eastern time zone?message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareIf you live in the Pacific time zone what are the advantages and disadvatages over living in the Eastern time zone?Mickey7@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down3·7 days agoNot 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.
minus-squarelegopika@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoIt was funny watching the east coast freak out about all the wildfire smoke though, after we got used to it for like a decade
minus-squarePumpUpTheJam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoNumber of people impacted could be part of the reason.
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.