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If you want a low-light suburb, check out Irvine, CA on the eastside. Sometimes it's so dark at night, it's scary.

It’s curious the talk of low light suburbs. Not sure how I feel about them. My instinct is that they’re an anti pattern because of the safety concerns and I’m sure many would have the same thought, but I’m sure there’s more nuance to them than that and the sources of actual safety or danger one has in a suburb.

Motion sensors tend to provide safety as well as reducing wasted lighting. Seems like a win-win, yet they're rarely used.

I don't think this works well in terms of safety. If it's a low light area, it's beacon to your location. Only thing that would be worse is lights turning on headed in my direction!

Even if it was a simple car headed down the street, I'd be nothing but paranoid. Great stuff for horror movies though.

It's a beacon to others' location as well. When a light at my house turns on, I know someone is there.

we should not live in total darkness neither.

when the lights are on, EVERYONE'S exposed. No hiding.

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