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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>2020-09-29-RE_So-Dark</title> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/default.css"/> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> </head> <body> <h1>2020-09-29-RE_So-Dark</h1> <h1>Re: "So Dark"</h1> <ul> <li><a href="gemini://gemlog.blue/users/insom/1601267027.gmi">by ~insom</a> </ul> <p> <p>I used to live in Flagstaff, AZ, which is (possibly the first) International Dark Sky City. There are city ordinances that require streetlights be below a certain luminosity, or within a certain range of colors, and they have to be spaced out by so much, etc. I'm not sure of all the requirements. <p> <p>What I /do/ know is that the sky in Flagstaff was one of the nicest I've ever seen. I grew up far in the country, so the sky there at night was quite dark -- we could see the Milky Way from our back yard -- and Flagstaff came close, especially in the "suburbs," or what there was of them (Flagstaff has 60,000 people in total). I absolutely loved living there and miss the sky dearly. <p> <p>However, the absence of sidewalks in Ottawa sounds truly terrible. There's a similar story where I am now, in Baton Rouge, where the sidewalks are either absent or completely mis-managed. Flagstaff at least had sidewalks on pretty much every street. I'd be nervous to walk on a street without sidewalks or streetlights, to be honest. <p> <p>At any rate, stay safe! </body> </html>