As someone in Pensacola, YES. No, Iโm not near Orlando. When I say NW Florida I do not mean Gainesville. Yes, the Gulf Coast KEEPS GOING past Tampa. Yes, I am in fact in the Central Time Zone.
This reminded me - I used to work in El Paso, and one time took a call at about 7:50am from a woman in another Texas city. Her question needed to be answered by another department, so I told her I would transfer her to that department but that they might not pick up since the office didn't open til 8. She was already in a bit of a mood that I couldn't help her, and she said with what seemed to be all the snark she could muster, "It's EIGHT FIFTY," and I said, "We're in Mountain Time." And then she hung up on me! ?
LOLOLOLOL! This doesn't surprise me at all.
Time zones are a whole other thing that people don't understand.
Post by pinkdutchtulips on Nov 30, 2018 16:28:03 GMT -5
I have friends out east (Philly) who now know better than to ask me if they can stay w me to hit DL andcthe beach. They didn't realize I was 7 HOURS away from DL and in CA not all beaches are created equal lol if you want warm ones head south, if you want cold foggy ones I have them an hour away lol
7 hrs out east takes you from Philly to Boston lol
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
I'm guilty of this. Yes. The entire state is Denver or nothing. But in my defense, the freaking airport is also like 50 miles outside the city so...the whole place just feels like Denver.
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
I'm guilty of this. Yes. The entire state is Denver or nothing. But in my defense, the freaking airport is also like 50 miles outside the city so...the whole place just feels like Denver.
You need to visit me, and I will show you the wonders *cough*breweries*cough* of Northern CO.
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
I'm guilty of this. Yes. The entire state is Denver or nothing. But in my defense, the freaking airport is also like 50 miles outside the city so...the whole place just feels like Denver.
The airport is practically in Kansas. At least, it feels that way when you're late for your flight.
I grew up in Florida, so I get this. Also, we all arenโt living in a retirement community on the beach next to WDW.
I have a friend in FL who gets all pissy when talking to people about how far it is to get to the Keys from where she is. People don't realize how big FL is.ย
Actually, I get that a lot from people from the East coast. They just don't understand how far away things are from each other in other states.
This is definitely me (Bostonian). I'm never not surprised (well surprised is the wrong word since I know it, but in hope you know what I mean), when traveling in the US or abroad, when cities don't butt right up next to each other. All that extra time getting from point A to point B!
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
I'm guilty of this. Yes. The entire state is Denver or nothing. But in my defense, the freaking airport is also like 50 miles outside the city so...the whole place just feels like Denver.
Itโs so weird when Iโm in the Stapleton area now. I canโt believe the airport was *right there.*
Everything is a suburb at this point, isn't it. You just tell people the largest Instagram spot you're closest to and then tell them the general cardinal direction to your town.
That's what I do anyway.
I'm a bit northeast of the giant hunk of Confederate granite.
I live in Denver, and am guilty of lumping everything else together. I see clients throughout the state and try to stack appointments together when I can. I just had a bunch up north (Westminster to Erie to Boulder to Loveland to FoCo to Greeley to Longmont) and was surprised at just how much driving there was. In my brain, everything "up there" is basically next to one another.
Also, I grew up in Wisconsin, in a suburb of Milwaukee, a pretty big city! All the East Coasters on my floor asked if I went cow tipping for fun. Le sigh.
It was also in DC that I was first asked how I was enjoying my visit to the US (when I told her I lived in Alaska).
#notallEastCoasters for sure, but I do anecdotally experience more people from that part of the country who don't think about time zones or distance scales than from other parts of the country. I think if you live further West you're forced to reckon with them more often so they're more at the forefront of your mind, just based on where our capital and many major cities are.
100%. Living in Los Angeles, I was always aware of what time it was on the east coast. Tons and tons of people have to flex their schedules to talk with people in other time zones. Before and after living in LA, I've lived in eastern time only, and it's really rare to think about other time zones unless you work with people/offices in those cities a lot. I guess because so many major US cities are just eastern time, so it's the default.
Post by InBetweenDays on Nov 30, 2018 17:17:43 GMT -5
I went to college in Vermont and on several occasions I had people ask me what state that was in. We now live in Seattle. The first time H's parents came out here (from New Jersey) they were shocked that we had a Home Depot and other big box stores. Although they did complain there were too many trees here.
It was also in DC that I was first asked how I was enjoying my visit to the US (when I told her I lived in Alaska).
#notallEastCoasters for sure, but I do anecdotally experience more people from that part of the country who don't think about time zones or distance scales than from other parts of the country. I think if you live further West you're forced to reckon with them more often so they're more at the forefront of your mind, just based on where our capital and many major cities are.
Itโs not just other parts of the country, itโs their own damn states. I grew up in western MA and went to college just outside Boston. Most people were from eastern MA and either thought my city was in CT or had no idea I could be over the CT border in like 10 minutes. I lived in the third largest city!
I'm guilty of this. Yes. The entire state is Denver or nothing. But in my defense, the freaking airport is also like 50 miles outside the city so...the whole place just feels like Denver.
The airport is practically in Kansas. At least, it feels that way when you're late for your flight.
And to bring this back to my complete lack of geographic knowledge...is Kansas next to Co??
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
Lol. Maine is like this too. The whole state is Portland, and sometimes Bar Harbor. We've had people passing through Portland want to meet up with us, and it's like... you realize that we're two hours away, yes?
It's also one of those places where people assume that there's all of 12 people in the state and we all know each other.
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
Lol. Maine is like this too. The whole state is Portland, and sometimes Bar Harbor. We've had people passing through Portland want to meet up with us, and it's like... you realize that we're two hours away, yes?
It's also one of those places where people assume that there's all of 12 people in the state and we all know each other.
My main preconception about Maine is it's full of monsters. Thanks Stephen King!
It hasn't happened to me, but friends of mine were in NYC and were asked, "Oh, you're from Oregon. Do you have sheep?"
I have been asked if Portland is like Portlandia, and the answer is absolutely yes. Especially the bit where they're at a four-way stop and spend the whole day going, "No. You go first."
It was also in DC that I was first asked how I was enjoying my visit to the US (when I told her I lived in Alaska).
#notallEastCoasters for sure, but I do anecdotally experience more people from that part of the country who don't think about time zones or distance scales than from other parts of the country. I think if you live further West you're forced to reckon with them more often so they're more at the forefront of your mind, just based on where our capital and many major cities are.
Itโs not just other parts of the country, itโs their own damn states. I grew up in western MA and went to college just outside Boston. Most people were from eastern MA and either thought my city was in CT or had no idea I could be over the CT border in like 10 minutes. I lived in the third largest city!
Are you from the Springfield area? My grandparents used to live there and we'd always fly to Bradley to visit them.
Post by notsocreepylurker on Nov 30, 2018 20:04:44 GMT -5
I was born and raised in NJ (Essex county, exit 148). I went to college in Peoria, IL. Once I was able to I brought a car to campus. Driving from NJ to IL and then IL to NJ for college/breaks was torture. PA was THE WORST. Like 6-8 hours to drive across. SO boring. I had a cute tee shirt that showed the drive to Peoria. It was like corn, cows, Bradley University, cows, corn. Pretty accurate.
When I first moved to TX all my coworkers said everything is 6 hours away. It amazes me you can drive for like 10 hours and STILL be in TX.
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
maybe the person was from Houston. Our geographic spread is over 100 Miles in some parts.
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
I relate to this. Both from 10 years living in Boston and hearing people from random far-flung suburbs tell people they live in Boston to growing up in very, very rural north west Massachusetts about as far away from Boston as you can get and still be in the same state. In my experience talking to people not from Massachusetts the entire state is apparently โBoston.โ
It was also in DC that I was first asked how I was enjoying my visit to the US (when I told her I lived in Alaska).
#notallEastCoasters for sure, but I do anecdotally experience more people from that part of the country who don't think about time zones or distance scales than from other parts of the country. I think if you live further West you're forced to reckon with them more often so they're more at the forefront of your mind, just based on where our capital and many major cities are.
Itโs not just other parts of the country, itโs their own damn states. I grew up in western MA and went to college just outside Boston. Most people were from eastern MA and either thought my city was in CT or had no idea I could be over the CT border in like 10 minutes. I lived in the third largest city!
Have we discussed this? Iโm also from w MA (the part that is like 10 mins from the VT border) and people have no freaking idea where that is. Same state! And itโs a small state!
Post by seeyalater52 on Nov 30, 2018 20:24:29 GMT -5
Moving to Rhode Island has been like nothing else, though. People here think driving 15 mins is a hardship. And the fact that I commute over an hour to Boston is like, incomprehensible.
Post by Miss Phryne Fisher on Nov 30, 2018 20:30:06 GMT -5
I lived in FL most of my life, and that was pretty bad (on the beach, yes, but not near Miami or WDW and no, I never worked for The Mouse!). It was bad, but now I live in NY State. A state that a lot of people...even some in NY...barely know is there! (4 hours from NYC)
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
maybe the person was from Houston. Our geographic spread is over 100 Miles in some parts.
No, she's from eastern NE, so she should have known better.
Moving to Rhode Island has been like nothing else, though. People here think driving 15 mins is a hardship. And the fact that I commute over an hour to Boston is like, incomprehensible.
My best friend lives in RI, and when he moved outside of providence people were shocked he was still going to be working in providence. Its like less than 10 miles or something. Its so funny. The state is so small, everyones scale is off lol
I was born and raised in NJ (Essex county, exit 148). I went to college in Peoria, IL. Once I was able to I brought a car to campus. Driving from NJ to IL and then IL to NJ for college/breaks was torture. PA was THE WORST. Like 6-8 hours to drive across. SO boring. I had a cute tee shirt that showed the drive to Peoria. It was like corn, cows, Bradley University, cows, corn. Pretty accurate.
When I first moved to TX all my coworkers said everything is 6 hours away. It amazes me you can drive for like 10 hours and STILL be in TX.
Until youโve driven across Wyoming I donโt want to hear about boring. At least you saw cows and corn.
Moving to Rhode Island has been like nothing else, though. People here think driving 15 mins is a hardship. And the fact that I commute over an hour to Boston is like, incomprehensible.
My best friend lives in RI, and when he moved outside of providence people were shocked he was still going to be working in providence. Its like less than 10 miles or something. Its so funny. The state is so small, everyones scale is off lol
lol, classic. The other thing is that people NEVER move here so the born in the same town and live here all your life vibe is strong. In fairness, my wife works in Providence and we live in the next city over and it takes her 45 mins to commute home from work most days because traffic is miserable and thereโs no freaking parking so infrastructure is a bit of a hot mess.
I was once asked what there was to do in Denver. I start listing off things, and the person stops me, "No, I meant in Loveland." Loveland is 50ish miles to the north of Denver. It's not a suburb, it's not Denver. "Well, where I'm from that's Denver." WTF? Is the whole state of CO "Denver"?
Lol.ย Maine is like this too.ย The whole state is Portland, and sometimes Bar Harbor.ย We've had people passing through Portland want to meet up with us, and it's like... you realize that we're two hours away, yes?
It's also one of those places where people assume that there's all of 12 people in the state and we all know each other.
You are also not really going to go to Portland and just side trip to Acadia for the day. We donโt actually keep all our attractions in an hour radius.