A certain small village I lived in many decades ago had a bunch of relatively rich Californians move in - they sold their homes, like Al Bundy’s ranch home, for a then unheard of valuation o $400K. home there were in the $20 to $30K region.
Naturally, the town council bowed to their every whim, until they demanded that the town lights, out to the limits, be turned off so they could see the stars.
I remember this well because I was looking to buy a home on the water then so I could build a boat house for my commercial fishing boat. The one I was looking at was going for 35K - a lot then. But one of the yahoos walked into the real estate office while I was there and offered $250K cash for that home.
They wanted to experience the country life and raise Alpacas - they just gushed all over the agent - the gush was strong in them or maybe it was smarminess, but they definitely considered themselves in the upper elite and wanted every one to know it.
They've done a good job eliminating and washing out our once beautiful night skies. In LA, with zillions of street lights one every 70 feet, the night skies are all washed out...In fact the light dome over S.CA can be seen as a far away as Las Vegas.
It's ironic, they'll tell ya lights make big cities safer, yet the big cities like LA are lit up like prison yards or stadiums, and the crime is through the roof and getting worse..