No street lights

[Magnatomicflux]

Thanks for mentioning that. That was the first question that came to mind.

There are also these efficient bright white LEDs coming online in so many applications. I assume they're coming to street lights too. I also assume they can filter out the light pollution for astronomers.

old guy is right on with that. Windsor / Detroit receive quite a bit of sunlight and it certainly is enough to make it worth while.
Here's the stats for Windsor's avg. sunlight hours p/day anyways:

J - 3.4
F - 4.4
M - 5.4
A - 6.6
M - 8.4
J - 9.0
J - 9.5
A - 8.3
S - 7.0
O - 5.5
N - 4.1
D - 2.6


I would love it if directional streetlighting really catches on. I think that's what it's called anyways. There's a whole generation of people in this area that have never truly seen the stars from their own backyard. Imagine that? Imagine being in downtown Detroit or on the river and actually seeing the stars??What would be really special is to be able to fit all of Detroit's beautiful old lamps so they don't get scrapped.

But for scrap value.....I dunno, but there is copper in them.