Also, I'm told Earth is positioned just right in our galaxy to have a clear view of the universe.
The experts say there is no one center to the universe. That EVERYWHERE can be considered the center. That, on the grand scale, everything is moving away from every other thing (galaxies, primarily). And this is precisely how the expansion appears from our observation point. They say that this must be the case because it would be a near impossibility that we were in some “special” location in the universe. ie, the “center”. Therefore, everywhere is likely the center.