How Many Time Zones Does America Need Anyway?
2nd November 2013
Now the world has evolved further—we are even more integrated and mobile, suggesting we’d benefit from fewer, more stable time zones. Why stick with a system designed for commerce in 1883? In reality, America already functions on fewer than four time zones. I spent the last three years commuting between New York and Austin, living on both Eastern and Central time. I found that in Austin, everyone did things at the same times they do them in New York, despite the difference in time zone. People got to work at 8 am instead of 9 am, restaurants were packed at 6 pm instead of 7 pm, and even the TV schedule was an hour earlier. – See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/11/how-many-time-zones-does-america-need-anyway.html#sthash.3P05yxZu.dpuf