It happens in steps; streets fall into disrepair, nature reclaims abandoned properties, etc.
I don’t see a situation where power and water are shut off, but the coaxing of citizens into urban hives will certainly continue.
>>I dont see a situation where power and water are shut off, but the coaxing of citizens into urban hives will certainly continue.
I work in the utility industry. It won’t be shut off. It will fail. Nobody sees the massive infrastructure that delivers power and water and takes the sewage away. But it’s there, crumbling to dust, as the money goes away a little bit each year.