IT SOUNDS LIKE LIBERTARIAN UTOPIA, DARK AND FILTHY:

City removes trash cans, streetlights to save cash (Jim Spellman, 2/26/10, CNN)

If you come to a neighborhood park in Colorado Springs, plan on bringing your own trash bags.

To save money, the city has removed the trash cans.

Need to catch a bus? Don't try on evenings or weekends. The city has cut that service, too.

And when the sun goes down, Colorado Springs is going to look a little bit dimmer. Crews are removing a third of the city's streetlight to save money on electricity and light bulbs. [...]

It's not a new concept in Colorado Springs, touted on some Web sites as a "libertarian paradise."