One element of human stupidity is leaving lights on outdoors when we have no intention of actually going outside.
A lot of people in rural areas have “guard” lights that they think bring them security. In reality they are advertising their location to any potential thieves in the area.
Funny how people move away from something they don’t like then immediately try to transform their new location into the place they came from. This is why people in rural areas hate to see people moving in from cities: They tend to bring the city with them, such as throwing up so many lights everyone else feels like they are now living next to a Walmart.
“””A lot of people in rural areas have “guard” lights that they think bring them security. In reality they are advertising their location to any potential thieves in the area.”””
What normal house lights? Should they use blackout curtains to hide their location?
I live between two such morons. When they go to bed, they both turn on bright flood lights that point towards my house. For me to see the stars, I have to walk down to the street. They do this even though it is a gated community in a nice area and they have a burglar alarm. Not to mention two of the most obnoxious dogs on the planet. I gotta move further out in the country.
Lights in peoples yard should be set to turn on when someone approaches. We had a neighbor who installed a street light so he could play basketball at night. Ruined the night sky viewing plus a neighbor across the street complained about the light lighting up his bedroom all night so instead of turning off the light he had the cover painted half black towards the neighbor. We also had to listen to the basketball bouncing all night.