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I think Key West is the southern most point in the contiguous US. I assume Hawaii is more south.

Not so hot take, Key West is expensive and disappointing. I think most people not from the West Coast like it because you get to see a sunset over water (as does most of western Florida). But it was expensive to stay 1 night there (all the hotels have resort fees they don't publish), and the sunset was just fine. I'd rather buy Oscars and sit on Pacific Beach in SD.

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Key West is, indeed, the southernmost point of the continental United States, as per Wikipedia.

Coordinates - 24°32′47.42″N 81°47′50.92″W

BTW, according to the US Naval Observatory, Key West's daylight hours range from approx. 10 hours 40 minutes in winter to 13 hours 30 minutes in summer. That's a difference of about 2 hours 50 minutes between the two extremes.

Honolulu it's about 11 hours 5 minutes in winter and 13 hours 25 minutes in summer; a difference of about 2 hours 20 minutes between the two extremes.

Honolulu is about 21.31 deg. North latitude.

It's crazy to me that folks in Florida want to have year-round DST. They aren't very different from Honolulu which is on year-round Standard Time.

For the Bay Area it's about 9 hours 30 minutes in winter and 14 hours 40 minutes in summer; a difference of 5 hours 10 minutes between the two extremes. Berkeley is about 37.87 deg. North latitude.

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