now now, I agree with Paul, take it easy on the poor souls
I am jealous of anywhere that has real mountains tho,
they have nice stuff too, especially photographically (heart and soul neb comes to mind), and yes the good northern comets (but that balances out, sometimes), major meteor showers, when planets are up there way at good oppositions, lots of accessable arctic or near arctic land mass from which to observe the northern lights from, a decent pole star, some nice clusters, plentiful nice foreground scenery/sights for horizon shots - but generally naked eye we got the best skies for sure
what about the equatorial zones, they get the best of both worlds?