A kinder, gentler Katrina

Although, considering we're talking here about an area greater than that that of Boston, Buffalo, and San Francisco combined I'm thinking maybe not too much kinder or gentler. This from Bloomberg via Sam Smith's Progressive Review:

Detroit, whose 139 square miles contain 60 percent fewer residents than in 1950, will try to nudge them into a smaller living space by eliminating almost half its streetlights.