This has nothing to do with daylight vs standard, but I just remembered that the year and a half I lived in the Chicago area (a.k.a. Chicagoland), I grew to love being on Central Time.
I think the main reason was that TV broadcasts were concurrent with Eastern Time, making everything in prime time an hour earlier, which for me made TV viewing (evening news, late night shows, etc.) all the more enjoyable.
Hadn't thought about that in years.