Gadol, the difference is, no pun intended, “minute”, but you are right most centers of Jewish population is on the east side of the zones: whole NE, Chicago, Denver, LA, Vegas (but so does Alabama) v. westerly Detroit and Atlanta. The actual researcu was done on pairs of towns on the borders of states where time zone is changing. There are other possible factors though:
– most world cities have poorer East due to prevailing westerly wind, so eastern of two nearby towns will be more polluted.
– in America, people moved west in search of opportunities, and the western of the two towns (or states) may consist of those who were more active.
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