[jonathankoren]

That may be, but don’t call a neighboring time zone “friction”.

I grew up next to Indiana, a state notorious for screwing up their time. (Scroll down to “History” and each decade for past 70 years.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana

[disgruntledphd2]

Yeah it was a big shock to me when I crossed that timezone between Chicago and Indiana.

Look, it's a cultural thing. The reason that we have peace on the island is due to constructive ambiguity. Half the population can pretend they're Irish, the other half can pretend they're British. Anything that makes that more difficult is not a runner.