[Alberta's Child]

Then move to the next time zone to the east … or live in a place at the far western end of a time zone.

That second point is important. I’m convinced that DST was only adopted because so many of our largest cities at the time — NYC, Philadelphia and Boston in EST, Chicago and St. Louis in CST, etc. — were at the eastern ends of their time zones and have early sunsets for their clock times.

[EVO X]

That second point is important. I’m convinced that DST was only adopted because so many of our largest cities at the time

Ditto. I spent some time in Detroit around this time of the year. Today's sunrise in Detroit is 8:11 AM. If it is heavily overcast it is still dark at 9 AM.