American eating habits are largely defined by a person's workday, as Shani outlined above. In my family, we always ate dinner between 5 and 6 as my dad got home between 4-5, and my SO and I do the same thing now as he gets home at 5. His family eats later as his dad gets off work later, and so sometimes his mother will call to ask us if we want to go out for dinner, but more often than not we've already eaten or are in the process of cooking/eating. When I worked every day until 5:30-6, we ate between 6-7. I'm sure the time we eat dinner will change when classes start next week. It really is schedule-dependent.
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