These Exurbs Don't Want A Night Lite

As development sprawls further out from the city the challenge of life style adjustments is problem for newcomers. "To some lifelong residents of the region's burgeoning exurbs, light pollution is just one more symptom of the relentless development transforming rural outposts into Washington's bedroom communities. Growth for them means light from new subdivisions obscuring the stars in the night sky, or obnoxious neighbors who put up security lamps that shine in their eyes as they try to sleep."

Thanks to Stacy Wood