I remember seeing stars at night when I was in my mother's village in Taishan, China, barely any electricity there, no internet, not sure if there were cellular, but I do remember a landline phone.

The cities is a whole different story, massive pollution. Doubt much could be seen.

I don't know if anywhere in the US is even as remote/isolated as that village.

I think the night sky visibility goes like this:

Rural China > Rural US > Urban US> Urban China. At least before 2010, no idea what its like now.

There was a Simpsons episode that went like this