[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by 1overcosc

People in Ottawa eat dinner very early compared to other Anglo Canadians. For reasons I don't quite understand, Ottawa overall is a very 'early' city. A place where people get up at five, get to work for seven thirty, leave work at four, eat at five, go to bed at nine.

You see it in traffic patterns too. The worst rush hour traffic and the worst transit congestion is always for those who work 7:30-3:30 or 8-4. I work 9:30-5:30 and the buses I take to and from work are basically empty, but on the odd day that I leave work at four, they're packed.

Ottawa has an odd commuting pattern. As far as the public service goes, support staff tend to start and end their days considerably earlier than does the executive cadre. Longer commutes to cheaper housing perhaps?