You have to go a lot farther than 75 miles from development to get a very pristine sky. And if you have never been somewhere with a truly pristine sky you are missing a great experience.
What really sets me off is the morons who go by the biggest floodlight they can find, point it at oncoming traffic,turn it on and go to bed every night with it on.
I did not say my night sky was pristine. I said it was good. If I can see the Milky Way, and there are far too many start visible to even begin counting them, then I consider the sky to be good.