“...can be seen from just about anywhere...”
True enough... but it’s all the billions of pinpoints of light BEHIND them that I’d never seen until those summers long ago.
(For some reason, I hear the theme song from Star Trek (The Original Series) playing in my head right now)
I’ve lived in New York City all but one of my 63 years, so when I go out on occasion to truly dark skies, I’m overwhelmed and can barely find the Big Dipper among the thousands of visible stars. Seriously.