I don’t live anywhere like that, especially since it’s more rural here, but the work environments in the cities near me are very demanding when it comes to putting work over sleep. New York City is just South of me. If you live there and don’t have to wake up early for your job, you either have one that isn’t a trademark of the city, are just very lucky, or have employers that accommodate to you, which is why they’re so big on coffee (basically a daily cup of “walk it off”, now comes in mint flavor). I’m someone who went to a suburban semi-private-ish grade school and enjoy a uni associated with it who would say she sleeps well, and even just my own sleep inconsistencies were the first thing to mark me as potentially needing modified/special ed class arrangements.

I look at the rising minimum wage but also the lowering amount of sleep people are allowed to get per job, and I think to myself “there should be a minimum legal precedent for that too”, especially if they both can translate into each other. I’m sure the highest employers are as rich in sleep as they are in money.