Photography

there are things you can do to help with light pollution.
for things like galaxies i use a light pollution filter that does an ok job especially on brighter objects
for nebula its a little easier. nebulas tend to emit light in only a couple very specific frequencies. there are filters that will block any light outside those frequencies.

just because you cant see objects with the naked eye they are still able to be photographed,especially the brighter objects like andromeda,orion,the pleaides etc.... I looked at a dark sky map,theres a scale called the bortle scale that show how dark the skies are. im in whats called bortle 7. for you it looks like belle view /bell haven are the same darkness as me


dark sky map
https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=4.00&lat=38.7944&lon=-77.0469&state=eyJiYXNlbWFwIjoiTGF5ZXJCaW5nUm9hZCIsIm92ZXJsYXkiOiJ3YV8yMDE1Iiwib3ZlcmxheWNvbG9yIjpmYWxzZSwib3ZlcmxheW9wYWNpdHkiOjYwLCJmZWF0dXJlc29wYWNpdHkiOjg1fQ==