I'm sorry that you have to live in Southern California. I hope you make
your escape soon. Southern California is no place for a person to be.

Yeah. We just spent five weeks there, in the heat east of LA. Didn't
see any stars for a long time. We live in western Canada, and when we
get into the Rockies, far from any city, on a moonless night, the sky
is white with stars. Absolutely white. The Milky Way is easily visible;
most people may have heard of it but never seen it.
And the Northern Lights in the fall and winter are stupendous,
too.

Dan

Dan