On: California utility to cut power to 27k customers to reduce wildfire risk

[bparsons]

It isn't just rural areas. Even suburbs relatively close to the city are completely unsustainable from a municipal services point of view.

This article lays out a convincing case as to why most of America's cities are financially doomed because of them.

https://grist.org/sprawl/2011-06-22-the-american-suburbs-are...