Chicago is closed for the day.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8206433.stm

What would you close in your city for the day, to save money, assuming EVERYTHING was privatised?
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 18 Aug 2009, 10:31, 6 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

ym
(Obligatory response)
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 10:34, Reply)

I'd shut
The London Underground.

if it wasn't shut so often anyway.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 11:50, Reply)

Oh yeah
And YM.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 11:51, Reply)

Hang on
The article says that rubbish collection is a non-essential service, and therefore will be shut down for the day.

Won't this attract vermin and the like, thus forcing the locals or the city to pay for pest control?

Back on topic, probably shut down the trains. No-one needs to go to South Wales or London from Swindon.
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 12:07, Reply)

To be fair
If you are in Swindon...London is probably not a bad destination
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 12:08, Reply)

/talk
and ym
( Peej, Tue 18 Aug 2009, 13:38, Reply)