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Detroit Goes Dark: Half of Detroit’s Street Lights May Go Out To Save Money; Left to the Rats

Mish— Cash strapped Detroit has lost 60 percent of its population since 1950. What’s left is a sprawling mass of vacant, worthless homes stripped of copper and anything else worthwhile.

Does it make sense to have streetlight in these areas? What about paving cracked sidewalks? What about other services? Is anything salvageable?

To save money, huge sections of the city will be left to the rats. Then again, 40% of Detroit’s streetlights do not work already. By that measure, the city has long ago been left to the rats.

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