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I lived in a city for about a decade, and recently moved out to a far suburb of that city. I was shocked at how far light pollution has come in just that time..
by QAPereo 9y ago
I lived in a city for about a decade, and recently moved out to a far suburb of that city. I was shocked at how far light pollution has come in just that time... you can hardly see the stars at all. It's not hard to imagine, should humanity be lucky enough to continue thriving, that in a few generations things like visible stars, green spaces, wild animals... will be something left for stories. I wonder if those generations which grow up without them will even know enough to miss them?
- 52-6F-62 9y agoI grew up in a rural area, where a few minutes drive out of down would kill most of the light pollution (read: most, not nearly all). I live in the city now and have for roughly a decade, and I still constantly miss the stars. Even in town back there I could at least get a decent show at night. Here I'm lucky to see a few small specks. In my experience here so far, people already don't miss the stars. Many haven't really seen them. Even if they visit someplace where they could, they're so unaccustomed to the appreciation that it's not really a consideration.
- osullivj 9y agoI live in London during the week; obviously there's massive light & noise pollution, as well as pollution pollution. But at the weekends I'm in Worcestershire, in a village that is not on the gas main, and has no street lights. The difference is like night and day!
- odammit 9y agoWhen ancient civilizations looked up they saw gods. What will happen to the minds and psyche of future generalizations when they look up and see nothing?