I use it all the time...for work. The main reason I see for not using it in the US, generally, is a kilometer isn't big enough in a country the size of the US. It just doesn't make sense.
Living in a world of G17s and 700s, wishing for P7s and 202s
Railroads, interstates and the greatest country in the world were built on the scale of feet, miles and inches, we don’t need no metric system...
That's real intelligent, seeing as you have a metric currency.
"The 257 Roberts, some people like to call it the “.257 Bob.” I think these people should be hung in trees where crows can peck at them." - David Petzal
Right now about 1/2 of the things I use daily are in metric measurement anyway. Would just be simpler to have changed. When I was in HS we were told the change was coming and I learned to work with both systems. Metric really is easier.
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You’d be surprised how many folks can’t read a tape measure. Fractions give them the blues.
I wouldn't be surprised at all. And that is probably the best argument for going metric. It is much easier to work with.
A humorous story:
The park supervisor at one of our state parks had a gentleman come into his office to report that his elderly wife had fallen on a park trail, had injured her leg and needed to be carried out. Trying to get some idea of how much help he'd need he asked the gentleman about how much his wife weighed. He replied, "about 100". Thinking 100 lbs he only got one other person to assist him as they got a basket and other first aid gear. It turns out the couple were visiting from Germany and his wife weighed about 100 kg. Or closer to 220 lbs.
Most people don't really want the truth.
They just want constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.
For volume, I really do prefer metric. Gallons, cubic feet, cubic yard, acre feet ------ there's just no rhyme or reason. Metric has some great equivalencies; a cubic meter of water is a (metric) ton. That's handy. But a .3L beer or a 12 oz can? Well, 12 oz is bigger, so that's obviously better.
For distance, I couldn't give a rip. Inches and feet work great in timber construction, and I definitely prefer it to metric. Never could cut a 2x4 to the exact millimeter. Miles and feet work fine on the road -- and there's inherent beauty in the "mile a minute" concept in estimating the time of arrival.
For temperature -- metric all the way. 0 makes sense, body temperature is a whole degree, and 100 makes sense.
I use it all the time...for work. The main reason I see for not using it in the US, generally, is a kilometer isn't big enough in a country the size of the US. It just doesn't make sense.
Russia is a lot larger than the US and they use it. It's just larger numbers.
For volume, I really do prefer metric. Gallons, cubic feet, cubic yard, acre feet ------ there's just no rhyme or reason. Metric has some great equivalencies; a cubic meter of water is a (metric) ton. That's handy. But a .3L beer or a 12 oz can? Well, 12 oz is bigger, so that's obviously better.
For distance, I couldn't give a rip. Inches and feet work great in timber construction, and I definitely prefer it to metric. Never could cut a 2x4 to the exact millimeter. Miles and feet work fine on the road -- and there's inherent beauty in the "mile a minute" concept in estimating the time of arrival.
For temperature -- metric all the way. 0 makes sense, body temperature is a whole degree, and 100 makes sense.
Now, all we need is metric time......
It's now 0.7291666 o'clock.
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It just loses something in translation. 
