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Yeah tbh I think that's a good next step for metrication. Currently it's all in US customary until college with a brief lesson on metric every few years. With some high school teachers doing a bit more in metric. If you swap it these people will just instinctively use and understand metric.
I'm good with intuiting 1-3 meters, and I have a decent estimate for 1 centimeter. Beyond that, about all I got (yes I know this is all very rough estimates) is "a kilogram is a couple pounds, a kilometer is a short mile, a liter is basically a quart". But I guess I don't even have a good intuition for a quart because that in my head rests at the crossroads of "4 cups or ¼ gallon".
Make metric meaningful early in life, or actively make referencing real metric measures a part of your life, if you want it to stick.
The biggest issue with swapping to metric I'm aware of isn't the people getting used to it as much as the massive monetary and labor cost of replacing signs/notices/etc around the whole country
Nah it's public opinion. People don't want to change. The costs are annoying, but we can budget for them. We tried to metricate at the same time as Canada. They had less money per person than us but succeeded because they didnt flip back and forth
Well depends on what you mean by „success“
Comparatively though…