Cities with starless nights. (places, life, people, beautiful)

[Alacran]

I've never seen a sky full of stars in my life.

Anyone else who lives in a city with much light pollution ever wish they could see the stars?

Is that one thing smaller towns have over us?

As a kid watching shows where a star was wished upon was something I could never do.

[Metro Matt]

I've seen several shooting stars at night driving from Tyler to Dallas on I-20 where there is little in the way of development between towns up until you hit Terrell where the big city lights of D/FW begin to emerge.

[GLS2010]

all I have to do is drive 15 mins or so away from town where it's more rural and I get an amazing view.

[BPerone201]

You can kinda see the light being casted into the sky over here. I love seing stars, and I was shocked when I first saw a glittery night sky- It's really somethin.

Sometimes I'll see a star or two- Maybe three.

[killakoolaide]

There are very few inhabited places in the US where one can still experience true darkness.

[BPerone201]

Originally Posted by killakoolaide

There are very few inhabited places in the US where one can still experience true darkness.

There's plenty of areas.

[nycricanpapi]

I would say NYC

[west336]

Originally Posted by Alacran

I've never seen a sky full of stars in my life.

Anyone else who lives in a city with much light pollution ever wish they could see the stars?

Is that one thing smaller towns have over us?

As a kid watching shows where a star was wished upon was something I could never do.

Yes! Even here you can only see a few stars as you get closer to the city, but when I go up North to cabin country I CAN NOT BELIEVE how dark it gets out there and how incredibly bright the night sky is! I'm more of an astronomy fan than a wilderness fan, so often times I just crane my neck up and stare at the stars all night -- it's really unreal!

[WestbankNOLA]

I actually find it "creepy" when I'm somewhere and it's dark, but the sky is bright and full of stars. It's cool, beautiful, and scary all at the same time.

[Thomas R.]

Originally Posted by WestbankNOLA

I actually find it "creepy" when I'm somewhere and it's dark, but the sky is bright and full of stars. It's cool, beautiful, and scary all at the same time.

Did you ever read Nightfall by Isaac Asimov?

I know lots of people dislike Science Fiction, but I just mention Nightfall because it's a story about how people who've never seen a starry sky react to seeing one.