I have a feeling quite a few people commenting don't live in northern states and thinks there's plenty of light to go around if it were just aligned right.

Or living in countries north of northern US states. They should come visit a higher latitude in winter

Basically because of the Gulf Stream influence on climate, I suspect a lot of Americans would be surprised how far north Europe is compared to the US. (And therefore that you deal with darkness in the morning and the evening for a decent chunk of the year.)

The demographic center of the US has drifted South over the past 50 years

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