Heh heh.
We have a mega power street light in front of our house. When we moved in 4 years ago, it was such a distraction that I vowed to my wife to shoot it out with a pellet gun. She was distressed because she has some sort of problem with it being dark at night and wanted the light to stay on, blazing out any vestige of darkness.
Luckily, something went wrong when they installed our power and the light stopped working. That was September 2002 and no one has repaired it yet.
If they do, I will shoot it out.
Yeah, I think a lot of this insane extreme nighttime lighting (especially the continous stuff which is a problem, I have no problem with motion-sensor lights that come on when you approach your front door or enter your driveway) stuff has to do with deep-seated fear of darkness from childhood.
The whole crime prevention thing, in the vast majority of the country, is a complete crock.
And also light pollution has been so bad for so long most people have no idea what a truly dark night sky looks like and thus don't know what they've lost.
And of course most people haven't the slighest interest in ever looking at a night sky, which is something I have a hard time wrapping my mind around, but it's certainly true.
She was distressed because she has some sort of problem with it being dark at night …