I grew up about an hour north of NYC and fondly remember the Milky Way - our subdivision didn’t have streetlights. I can’t see it now from my house in the Santa

I grew up about an hour north of NYC and fondly remember the Milky Way - our subdivision didn’t have streetlights. I can’t see it now from my house in the Santa Cruz mountains (15 miles from Silicon Valley) but the night sky is far more brilliant than just over the hill.