La Vista, NE: how dark is the sky here?

La Vista reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 72.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than La Vista.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far La Vista is from a meaningfully darker sky

85 miles from La Vista, straight-line, sits Maryville, MO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than La Vista's own suburban band.

Maryville, MO is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How La Vista compares nationally

About 16,543 people live in La Vista, NE, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. La Vista places 2,321 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.