Where, at roughly the same distance from Milky Way centre as Sun, would the Milky Way look brightest?
We are looking at Milky Way edge on. The light of the stars we see is conspicuous because it is concentrated in a narrow band of the sky.
If we looked at Milky Way from the same distance but face on, we would see all the same stars - spread over half the sky, thus much dimmer.
On the other hand, we do not see most of Milky Way. The Cygnus Rift blocks the view of the brightest, inner arms and the core of Milky Way.
How far from the Milky Way disc would we have to be to see round the Cygnus Rift and face the full glare of the Milky Way core?