On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 22:49:29 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:
Why do those who suffer from light pollution demand dark skies
for deep sky viewing? That's like living on the beach in Florida and
expecting local ski resorts!

More like wish for than demand. I've seen aurora cover 2/3rds of
the sky, at a measly 44 deg. N. latitude.

That must have happened in North America. And then your geomagnetic
latitude was more like 60 degrees.