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I'm pretty big into astronomy and I didn't see the Milky Way until last fall when I drove through Montana at night. I was looking out the window and realized that even through the glass and with passing headlights ruining my vision I could see the Andromeda Galaxy unaided (it's unimpressive from my house even with telescopes), and immediately pulled over, and there was the Milky Way. I didn't stay long enough to get my eyes adjusted to see it in its full glory, but I still saw it. Generally speaking, you have to be at least an hour from any decent-sized city to be able to see it at all; I would reckon at least 99% of urban-born Americans have never seen it. There's a growing movement to get cities to make their lighting schemes more efficient and in turn keep the sky darker.