Quote Originally Posted by rid0617 View Post
Honestly that is a good deal. Here in the rural south if you want a street light the electric company installs it on your property. It remains their property and we pay $9 a month. The other problem is all future property owners also pay this $9 because the power company will not remove the light.
It's possible I'm recalling wrong and/or it might not be the same everywhere - but I feel like street lights are already a line-item on either my summer or winter taxes for the city of Livonia. We have them about every 3rd or 4th house on my street. It amounts to a similar amount [[less than $10 as I recall), and yes, it's well worth it.

Seems strange to have it show up on the water bill, though.