Discover two cities sharing the same fate : both are on the verge of bankruptcy. But that is the only thing they have in common. Trenton, the capital of New Jersey, mostly black and Hispanic, is completely devastated. Considered to be one of the most dangerous cities in the United States and a playground for gangs and drug dealers, the city of Trenton was nonetheless forced to lay off more than 100 police officers, or a third of the police force, due to a lack of funds. Located only an hour from New York City, the people of Trenton are currently living in a city where public services have been reduced to a minimum.Colorado Springs is in a similar situation, but here it is by deliberate choice. In this city at the foot of the Rockies, the notion of ”less government” is nearly a religion. When the crisis hit, the city salvaged the police force, but made cuts to other public services. Streetlights were shut off, parks left abandoned, and swimming pools closed, as the citizens of Colorado Springs woke up one day to a whole new environment. But what is really astonishing is the adoption program initiated by the city. From then on, the wealthiest could pay for their streetlights and parks . . .

[Colorado], Colorado Springs night, streetlights lit / itw SHARIFI, Bo, and SHARIFI, Sara his wife, people (a third of the streetlights are turned off or can be adopted by the Internet). {Common} {lighting} {} public expenditure; 10:04.32 [Colorado], Colorado Springs Plans mountains short (10 ") / various shots of {city} / various shots of a popular street party starting the national anthem followed by a meal (20 ") / improvised street with straw bale and people dressed in cowboy eating / eating military schools. {Party} {popular patriotic song patriotism {}}; 10:06.25, 10:09.59 [Colorado], Colorado Springs, various sequences: itw FOWLER, Chuck, real estate developer (wacky decisions of authorities do not make money, wages and pensions and insurance officials are expensive, Mayor will use our ideas). {Common} {} public expenditure, 10:07.42, 10:11.32, 10:16.10 [Colorado], Colorado Springs, various sequences: MARTIN, January, Councillor entering City Hall / itw MARTIN, Jan (elected at the same time crisis, budget cuts, priorities, public reaction, adoption bins, parks and streetlights, accusations of mismanagement, election of a mayor, with all the powers). {Common} {} public spending, [Colorado], Colorado Springs brief shots, public park abandoned, closed public swimming pool, weeds on the road / close-ups of plates thanking donors have adopted street furniture (30 " ) / various brief shots of shops and tourist shops in a commercial street (20 "). {Common} {public} {city} expense; 10:12.26 [Colorado], Colorado Springs Committee for better management of the city with his project / CUTTER, Bob, vice president of the city committe explaining the proper management / intervention MARTIN, January, Councillor. {Common} {} public expenditure; 10:14.27 [Colorado], Colorado Springs Ridderhoff, Dian, activities coordinator thérapeuthiques explaining MARTIN, January, Councillor welcoming disabled / handicapped youth walking with supervisors. {Common} {{} public expenditure grant}; 10:15.40 [Colorado], Colorado Springs brief shots of municipal buildings (15 ") / itw BACH, Steve, mayor of Colorado Springs, directing volunteers in a city park (people give time to the city, the state can not do everything, my assistant made 70 hours a week, avoid bankruptcy, outsourcing public services). {common} {{} public expenditure municipal executive volunteer} {} , 10:20.12 [Colorado], Colorado Springs itw FOSTER, Allison, resident (action to help the city, abandoned slums, broken social contract) {common} {{} public expenditure community life}; 10:22.49. [NJ] Trenton various street plans with mostly black people sitting on chairs or wandering (30 ") / archives 20110900, televised speech MACK, Tony, mayor of Trenton (budget cuts in security) / extract archives newscast dismissal of police / itw DZURKOC George, president of the police union BPA (risk of losing control of the city, boom drug trafficking) / itw Kieffer, Mark, a former police sergeant and inspector (hard to come to work .) / 4X4 parked police (15 ") / itw SYPHAX, Tracey, Realtor showing bullet hole in his office (gangs are well armed) {city} {bankruptcy insecurity} {} {} public expenditure; 10:27.49 [NJ] Trenton itw Kieffer, Mark, rolling in a suburban police (police car being targeted) / various plans to retire area (30 ") / itw SHAW, Perry, director organization A better Way showing his native house in a poor neighborhood (good neighborhood, good memories) / itw SHAW, Perry Junior his father (area of ??drugs, crack) / itw Desmond dealer living in the neighborhood (there are more police) / CALDWELL-WILSON, Marge, Councillor meeting a member of a street gang Leroy / itw CALDWELL-WILSON, Marge (nobody talks to young people, more patrol, threats, political). {City}} {{poverty bankruptcy narcotics} {}; 10:36.12 [NJ] Trenton Caldwell-Wilson, Marge, Councillor, home / itw CALDWELL-WILSON, Marge (to restart the economy, indebtedness of cities is inevitable) / ext City Hall / Caldwell-Wilson, Marge arrive at a public council meeting / prayer before the start of the session / CALDWELL-WILSON, Marge asking MACK, Tony, mayor of the city. {City} {} public expenditure; 10:41.09 [NJ] Trenton various customers' drawings eating in a restaurant (30 ") / itw WALKER, Michael, activist blogger (mayor should be hanged city has potential) / WALKER, Michael asking the city council and the mayor denouncing the incompetence / extract newscast 20120910 arrest the mayor for corruption {city}} {{municipal executive corruption}; 10:45.00 [NJ] Trenton. member of Association A better Way restaurant a house (15 ") / SHAW, Perry, welcoming gang members in court rehabilitation / itw SHAW, Perry (knows how to touch people) / members gans returners cleaning the street (20 "). {city}} {{public expenditure poverty.} rn / / benevolat / patriotic song / community life / town / corruption / public expense / lighting public / communal Executive / bankruptcy / popular party / patriotism / poverty / safety of people / grant / narcotics trafficking / City / Colorado / New Jersey / Board