Most of the rest of us in suburban areas have streetlights that never go off, plus an incredible number of them point the wrong direction (some or most of their

Most of the rest of us in suburban areas have streetlights that never go off, plus an incredible number of them point the wrong direction (some or most of their output goes straight to the sky, which defeats the point of the lamp) or have been replaced with LED versions that are far brighter than anyone actually needs. I can't say that I've ever seen the milky way outside of photographs.