> the same feeling as something very real like the feeling of seeing the New York skyline for the first time I think that feeling is highly variable depending

> the same feeling as something very real like the feeling of seeing the New York skyline for the first time I think that feeling is highly variable depending on the person. I remember the feeling I had the first time I drove over the bridge on I-40 into Memphis as an adult - the industry along the Mississippi River was awe-inspiring to me. Ugly, sure, but it also represented a huge amount of human accomplishment; it took thousands of years of learning, engineering, building, and improving to build those petroleum tanks and the infrastructure that they support (and that supports them). Seeing the NYC skyline for the first time made me really anxious, almost to the point of anger. So many people in such a small area, living and working together packed so tightly. All I wanted to do was finish what I had to do there and leave as quickly as possible. Out of curiosity - have you ever seen the Milky Way from a truly dark location with no light pollution? I think that probably inspires a very similar feeling that you've described.