To be honest, I think this is a very unbalanced take. Better illumination stops crime and traffic accidents and I'm not willing to pay with human lives to see the stars obviously. The effect on wildlife and plants is certainly to be considered but this article is from the U.S.A. and I live in a country with far better illumination than that place and I've seen stories multiple times from foreigners who moved here and noticed that immediately, they stopped being afraid at night because the country is so well-lit and crime numbers are low as a consequence.

Human lives are a big price to pay to see some stars.

Lights don't have to be aimed up into the sky to function. Crime and traffic accidents aren't higher in towns with dark-sky ordnances.

The absolute state of city folk lmao

Is this that "vibrant culture" you keep going on about?