in seattle that means sunrise at 9 and sunset at 515 in a place that's already hella dark. No thank you.
It really makes the winter a lot less tiresome when you can walk to and from work under bright blue skies and feel the warmth of the Sun.
And you'll have sun at lunch time except in extreme cases.
So when days are short, mid-morning and afternoon are where the difference is really made. And I'd much rather have sunlight when I go home than have more mid-morning already-at-work/school sunlight.