[ WP ] Only the rich can afford to see the stars at night .

The stars used to be visible from the ground. At night, you could just look up and see those beautiful specks of light, twinkling like tiny, brilliant diamonds. 
 
 Then came industry. 
 
 Factories were built. Cities created. Products made. And so, so many lights. The night sky got just a little bit brighter, and just a few dim stars were blotted from our sight. 
 
 But we didn ’ t stop there. 
 
 We continued to build more and more, embark on greater and greater projects, building ever higher, ever stronger, ever more glorious. Glass was a prime building material, and we installed our own little stars in uncountable numbers. We brought the night sky down to earth, and so we sacrificed the view above. 
 
 Now the only way to see the stars is with an observatory, or to take a ludicrously expensive flight out of the atmosphere. 
 
 Life on the surface is good. Our needs are met; no one goes hungry or without shelter. But a little part of me wishes our achievements would all be reduced to dust, just so I can see the stars again.
