A new version of the same old question

[urbpan]

What am I going to miss, when (if) I move to Portland from Boston? Bonus points for not saying anything about cold or snow or sports since I hate those things.

(cross-posted to Damnportlanders)

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[hhw]

I don't know whether this is something you'll miss, but a difference I hadn't considered until I experienced it is being on the west side of the time zone, which shifts the clock time of sunrise and sunset to be a bit later than if you're on the eastern side of the time zone. So today, for example, the times are 7:49 AM PST and 4:46 PM PST while it was 7:13 AM EST 4:30 PM EST in Boston. Portland is not as far west within its time zone as some places in the east; for example, here's today's times in Kalamazoo, MI: 8:10 AM EST and 5:28 PM EST.

Obviously latitude is another factor in this as well, the overall length of day being a bit shorter here today than in Boston. But you'd get those minutes back in the summer, when the longest days are a little longer.

ah, and thinking about sunrise and sunset reminds me that the first few years I lived here, the association of ocean & east was strong enough in my brain to frequently screw up my efforts to refer to directions. I knew which way to point towards the Pacific ocean, but I kept calling the opposite direction "west".

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

That's very interesting. Our ultimate fantasy is moving to the tropics, but there you give up late summer nights. I think that's okay.

Thanks for commenting, this is good stuff!