How to find the best place to watch fireworks? It's simple. Go to college; don't take out many loans. When you graduate, get a job and pay your debts so you have a good credit score. Eventually you will get a mortgage on a riverside condo, and the view will be spectacular. Easy!
Just remember to fight your instincts: "OK, everyone. Get to the car." And then you're in the elevator on the way down to the garage before you remember that you can see the fireworks from inside your home.
The rest of us will have to sit outdoors, and that means getting there early for a good seat. You know, the best possible viewing for something that takes place several thousand feet overhead. Your mental dialogue usually goes like this:
(Whoosh ... Boom!) "It's started! Is it 'Ooh, aah' or 'Aah, ooh'? I forget."
(Six explosions later) "That one changed color three times."
(Fourteen explosions later) "That probably has a Chinese name like Dragon Chrysanthemum in Lucky Heaven or something. The Chinese invented fireworks, you know."
(Eight explosions later) "I wonder how long it takes to be totally bored by fireworks."
(Everything going off at once) "It's the end! Let's 'Whoo-hoo' and then sit in the car for 45 minutes just to get on the highway, because of the Declaration of Independence. But we can listen to the 'Hamilton' soundtrack while we wait."