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I absolutely love this Flint series…born, raised and adulting in genesee county. As a child Flint was booming and it’s very sad to see it crumble in a very slow agonizing way. too bad the outlying townships(I live in mt.Morris) have no vote in the city as it directly affects every town around it. Corrupt government killed the city and will continue to do so😖
Mt..morris is so close to Flint it's crazy mt.morris is country then you drive up the road and you hit the ghetto .. I dated a guy in mt.morris Dustin heath he is a fantastic tattoo artist he showed me all around mt.morris we used to go to a little bar with only 2 pool tables I can't remember the name though that was 10 years ago
What's funny is no one sees the bigger picture, they surrounded flint with charter townships to stop it from expanding and refusing to let it annex, just so they could choke it off, watch it die, then all come together in the end and annex it equally amongst each chartered township. Unless flint gets some kind of massive bailout, within the next 10-15 years I'm almost certain there won't be a flint Michigan anymore.
It is interesting seeing places I drive quit often. For most part I do not even notice this stuff anymore. The most interesting thing to me is watching nature reclaim places.
Lived on the eastside of Flint for 23 years, moved out in 1999. I''m surprised my sons survived. Lots of gangs during the 90s terrorized the eastside, lots of teenagers were murdered, seems like we went to a lot of funerals during that time. So sad.
I live on the Eastside of Flint. It's so bad around here that it caused Santa Claus...and the reindeer that pull his sleigh...have sadly BYPASSED the Eastside on Christmas Eve since the early 1980's. My kids at that time received very few Christmas gifts...since Santa turned his back on us. Santa is a DICK!!!
Lived on the east side from 92 to 99. It was pretty bad then, but nothing like now. GM built the city, And GM killed it. It’s been said that GM was going to do this on purpose, because of the sit down strikes in the 1930’s. But I think the return of manufacturing jobs is actually happening. A lot of the stuff in east Asia, is actually in the process of coming back. China is pricing itself out of the cheap labor market. And I’m not even talking about all of the other problems they have. It now actually costs more to manufacture something in China 🇨🇳, than it does here. And their major customer base is here. It’s all about the money 💵💸
East Side of Flint? Grandma's on Richfield Maude's and Luigi's on Davison as well as Big John's. Looking for Chinese, Young Sing. Globalization killed Flint. The Machine Shop is not a strip club. Shitting all over an area is easy, finding the good stuff is harder work, I imagine.
22:30 there are some really cool, old neighborhoods in flint. East of miller, south of ballenger is a very interesting spot as well as few others scattered. You can tell these used to be extremely nice, rich places but now they're big run down mansions, everything is overgrown. Huge trees and amazing houses
So many of the smaller cities across the rust belt that have had bad reputations for crime have depopulated to the point where there's nothing left to steal. Flint, Gary, Youngstown, and especially East St. Louis seem to fit that description.
I grew up on the East Side back in the 70’s & 80’s. Went to Washington elementary and Flint Central. It’s sad what has happened to that city in which a short time. It’s almost unrecognizable from what it was back even in the mid to late 90’s.
I went to Sobey elementary, then Lowell/Lewis, then on to Central. It was a fun time in the 60's & 70's. Eastsider until I left in '86. Greener pastures in Allentown & then to Virginia...DC area & govt. contracting work. So sad to see what has happened to my hometown.
I so am sad for Flint. As a young child I lived in Mott Park. My father was a professor at GMI. When I was starting kindergarten we moved to West Home Avenue. By my third grade my parents moved to Flushing. The area was getting rough, even back in the 1960's. We attended Christ Episcopal Church for many years, even after moving to Flushing. But by the 1970's it just wasn't safe enough to leave your car in the church parking lot. So we changed to the Episcopal church in Flushing. So sad to see Flint now. A few years ago we took a trip to Michigan. We planned to get off the expressway to just drive around and remember the old times. We were shocked to say the least. It was like a third world country. The police stopped us to ask us what we were doing. Once we told them they strongly suggested to go back to the expressway. We were sticking out as an older white couple, in new car. It just wasn't safe for us. So very sad. I will try to remember the good ole days of my childhood. Thank you for your truth and taking me on a journey I will never be able to.
Really enjoyed this - born in Flint in 1940s. What a change. So sad 😞 Went to lots of places on Dort and flabbergasted by the change! Ty for this video. My first time here.
I find the roads in Indiana and Louisiana to be worse. Most Michigan roads suck in the ghetto areas and Macomb County. When I drove up north, the roads are smooth as glass. Pertaining to the Midwest, I found Minnesota, Illinois, & Iowa to have the best roads.
This brings me down memory lane. The only thing that change was it got worse. Grew up there went to kearsley but lived on the east side most of my young adult life. Moved to VA in 1999 when my son was little. People are great in flint but crime and poverty are high. My daughter and grandchildren still live there and it's so sad to watch them live in a place that will go no where. I haven't went to visit in years as each trip something bad happens such as a car jacking, it literally takes a death in the family to get me there. I miss my family but value my sfatey
Its not about who is elected, there are not many tgriving large businesses close by. Just GM and a few colleges and GM gets bigger one year and smaller another year. No diversified economic base. Everyone with means moves away. One big nationally known local business with a large presence would make all the difference. The local policies are not very welcoming to business though.
6:30 building on the right is soon to be removed. 7:41 the house on the left was at one time owned by local Flint legend, "Gypsy Jack" a real character who owned numerous western antiques and outfitted his house in that manner with a stagecoach in his yard. He even dressed like a cowboy as well. After he died, his house of course was looted. 15:17 some turn to arson to expedite the removal of abandoned buildings. Making a mess bigger for others to remove. Terrible practice for numerous reasons, but there it is. I'd just like to improve one square mile of Flint for a start.
and we spend billions of dollars a year in milltary budget to protect this you think the money could be better spent like on the people maybe plus i live in flint
I grew up on Flint’s East Side Center Rd and Leith St. born in 1964 and moved away in 1990. I enjoyed living there back then. My Father worked for GM. My brother and I still own our family home.
Oh wow, I was born in Flint, Michigan back in 1963, but only lived there until I was 3 yrs old. It’s interesting to see how big Flint is. Thanks for sharing this video.
8:57 Whether or not it is a good thing for a city to annex land depends on the specific circumstances of the annexation and the effects it has on the city and the people living in the annexed area. There are some potential benefits to annexation for a city. For example, annexation can allow a city to expand its boundaries and access to resources such as land, water, and natural resources. It can also allow a city to incorporate unincorporated areas into its jurisdiction, which can provide those areas with access to city services and infrastructure. Annexation can also provide a city with additional tax revenue and population growth. However, there can also be potential drawbacks to annexation for a city. For example, annexation can be costly for a city, as it may require the city to invest in additional infrastructure and services to support the annexed area. Annexation can also be controversial, as it can lead to conflicts between the city and the people living in the annexed area over issues such as taxation and representation. Additionally, annexation can lead to social and economic changes in the annexed area, which may not be welcomed by everyone living here. Born and raised in SW Detroit. Just moved back from Austin Texas to Flint.. lol 🤣 Yes from Austin to Flint Big difference
so sad to see Flint like this, moved in 1993. I still own a house there in the Court St and Center area. This is where I grew up. So many memories. My Dad worked at Fisher Body and my mom worked in the cafeteria at Flint Central. Both have passed but we still own the home. Thanks for the video
2:54 used to be the old GM plant my dad worked at i remember the nights when i was a kid and id stop by the plant with my ma and see him during his break
11:53 Hey now, say what you want about these other shi- hole cities but my city isn't doing too bad, Saginaw used to be a whole lot worse back in the 90s-2000s compared to what it is today. We don't have 3 quarters of a city burnt down and abandoned (still SOME random blight but nothing like these other cities I've been watching you drive through...which you do a little too fast imo, slow down Tito, I Wanna see shi- lol) Our crime/homicide rates are almost next to none since they cleaned out and locked up all the gangs, they almost did TOO GOOD of a job on that one, the crime rate dropped so dramatically they had to start harassing and arresting people for petty bs to make up for all the money they used to make for locking up all the gangs members. Saginaw isn't so much a bad city anymore, it's just pathetically boring, there's literally nothing left to do here.
Flint did not die because it could not annex surrounding towns. The unions, management and shareholders of the auto companies own it. They could have invested in higher quality autos that could have competed with Japanese, German,and Korean models but all parties simply extracted as much cash out of the process as possible. The corporations took their profits and the unions some of the most ridiculous wage benefits one could imagine. While Toyota created the highest quality gasoline engines and transmissions, the Big Three gave us crap. The only slack I cut Detroit is that Congress and the Cafe standard did not allow Detroit to make the transition to small cars over a longer period.
The coneys though! Only in Flint or Detroit! A staple of ours growing up. But only Flint has the Koegel hot dogs that snap when you bite into them. It's not a real coney without Koegel's hot dog. I'll drive an hour to home just for one.
You've done an awesome job capturing the grit and passion that made Flint Flinttown. With that, you've also brought the reality that Flint is s today, and that's real. So many of these places I know, used to go to and do business at before Flint got really bad in the late 1980s and right when I left in 1991. Flint was prosperous and thriving and I will never regret being born and raised there. It can still survive but we need a major overhaul in government, management, and business. Shrink the city, that's the first thing. Shrink it. It's too big the way it is. Bring the city limits in closer, then work on the blighted areas one area at a time. Clean it up. There are grants, federal dollars that can help if managed and utilized correctly. Then you can attract businesses back. I did my thesis on this. I would love to go back and do what I could to bring my city back.
@@WolfeWrangle it's obvious there is corruption in the city government and wild mismanagement of federal funds. This would have to be dealt with first before urban planning began. But yes, managed properly, it would help a great deal.
The good looking neighborhood reminds me of Indian Village. The rest looks like Detroit, Detroit might have more advantages than Flint, unfortunately with all the renovations in Detroit isn’t going to mean much unless they get crime under control. Just my opinion
I love Flint, and it's about the only place in the US that I would live. Unfortunately, I couldn't put up with the fascists and their increasing hold on power in the country, so I left for Europe in February 2022. I lived in the East Court area for about 35 years and all three of my sons went to Whittier Middle School and Flint Central. I was surprised that you drove right by the old Angelo's Coney Island without a comment. It is an important historical site. Thanks for the update on how my old neighborhood looks.
Thank you for showing my neighborhood at the later parts of this video. Its called the college cultural area, the neighborhood both north and south of Court st. And west of Dort . You should have driven along through the cultural center.... the Longway planetarium, the Slone museum, the Flint Institute of Arts, the Whiting theater,...
Did. Go check out my other Flint videos. Went through the Cultural Center and talked about everything that you said that I should've mentioned, plus a lot more.
It’s soooooo weird watching an informational video of which I very well recognize the area 😳 I used to live in a very rough neighborhood where Dort Hwy met Carpenter Rd. I don’t even live in the state for Michigan anymore but it’s still eerie.
Delphi when they hired a bunch of temps before they went out of business. Somebody was wondering how to get in one of these one rooms that were locked and finally when they got into them they were growing a bunch of marijuana just for you guys' information little info
Lived near Dort and Davison the first 12 years of my life, went to Washington Elementary school in the 80s, crazy to see how it all looks now. The apartment I grew up in burnt down and so did the school. The AC plant my grandfather worked in is gone, pretty much everything that I recall from the area that was relevant to me has changed. Thanks for the video.
As a Flint native im so glad that we are getting some kind of exposure, i hate that we have fallen from such a bustling and thriving city to what we have become, but im glad that we haven't been forgotten
Your mention of previous city councilman Quantez Davis failed to note he served 20 years in the Michigan Dept. of Corrections for 2nd degree murder. Point being your commentary regarding his tenure as a city councilman should have included this information as a disclaimer vs. the sanitized characterization of his involvement with the water crisis.
I googled that name and didnt see anything related to city of flint or water. Wtf dude. And how could the water crisis be the fault of a single city councilman in a case that involved many decision makers including the mayor, the state of michigan, and the governor. What are you trying to do?
I spent a lot of time around the airport in the past decade, and at Flint Truck and Bus back in the '90s. what a bunch of horrible roads. I'm amazed that even in the worse areas of this video, that people still manage to do a good job cutting their grass.
I thought that Flint had the worst roads in the country, but then I went to New Orleans right after going through Flint. I’ll never complain about Michigan roads again. (Ok… I lied, I will.) But… New Orleans is the definition of driving on mars.
Born and raised, grew up in the 90’s on pitkin ave, and my great grandparents house that was on Marmion ave(built in 1920)…this is at Davison and Center/Averill road area… John’s pizza on the corner, Starlite Coney Island, Dairy Queen, and many others…will always love and remember my city…
Machine shop is not a stripper bar, it's a rock & roll bar with live preformers... Though being a rock bar, wouldn't doubt a tittie pops out now & then.. 😅 Used to call Dort hwy, hooker highway. They did a ton of sting operations many many years ago. You won't likely see any hookers on hooker highway these days.. From another one of your videos. The old IMA sports arena (Lapeer rd between Center and Avril) Not 100% positive, but I'd have to say, last time they had a concert there was when I still worked there (back in the 1980's) All property east of the Arena belonged to the Industrial Mutual Association (IMA) and was an open field that they would use for parking when a concert was going on...
Moved here in 2017, need common sense and always be aware of your surroundings out here. Went to Mott in Flint and grad from nursing program. McLaren and Hurley are both amazing hospitals. People out here are more down to earth then compared to the outside residents like in Grand Blanc. Flint is cheap and the cops won’t usually mess with you. Fun place to party in. If I had kids one day I might rethink continuing to live in Flint. I have lived in Macomb, Warren, Eastpointe and Detroit. Flint has been my favorite so far xoxo 💕❤️
Well, it' has been said before, I know, but it's very sad and depressing to watch. While I grew up on the northwest side of Flint in the 60s and early 70s, I knew the Eastside VERY WELL! My first love (and really when I think about it, the love of my life) lived over there on Belle Street. I even used to hitch hike across town to see her., asI had no wheels of my own back then(early 70s)
So why didn't you stay on Kearsley Park Blvd. My house was a beautiful house I lived in years. Send my child to a private school but the park was beautiful..and the homes along the park..
The video is too fast & you rarely mention any street names & direction, like "driving North on Dort looking West" or whatever. What we all end up with is just blight that could be in any town in the country.
Lived in Flint most of my life went to central high class of 89 anybody out there ? FYI I still see The good ol Mance broom the old security guard at central high School. It sad to see our City in the shape it's in..the good memories driving around the town but it so sad seeing it now..
There is no way that Anne xing land would help those cities that were to get annexed.... two things... yes flint was screwed by G.M. they pulled out after updating 475... but the uaw did not hel0 either... they kept driving up the cost of building vehicles... it's a tough situation... but it's a shame... flint has an infrastructure... it's has 3 major freeways going in and out.... it has a somewhat central location to the state and it ha a fairly close range to the Canadian border... it has alot going for it.... but it's going to take a dedicated company to bring jobs, and it's going to take a bunch of good people to stop crying for themselves and get dedicate themselves to start working hard again!... stop blaming general motors for your future and make your own future!
The thumbnail for this video is from my block, the school was completely intact a year and a half ago, got burnt like so much else on the state streets. Had to move down to Oakland county to get any real work. Flint has some amazing food, but all the abandos with asbestos are definitely caught in the quagmire of trying to get the land clear. Good video overall
The factory was one of two Ac Delco, spark plug division the other was the filters plant, my Grandfather and my Uncle both retired from those plants, I lived on Kansas st. on the east side back before the water scandal happened, I got out just in time, I grew up around the city from the 80s to 2000s, at some points it was a very high crime city, in fact at one time was 1st on the nation's worse in crime, and I was there just a few days ago and there's more abandoned and burned houses, to me it's gone, and it's once profitable area is no more, things downtown are being revised and rebuilt, but Flint has a long road back to its once busy city
18:51 🤔 Now what are the odds of that? Dead smack in the center of crime, decay and poverty you have this beautiful emaculate neighborhood, almost like they've been using the rest of the city as their shield. That's sketchy asf 🤨 lol
I grew up in the Flint area and your ominous intro music is extraordinarily accurate for the tone of the city. Reminds me of the suspense movie “It Follows”
Haha no doubt. The Dort name is big around Flint. Josiah Dort was a successful businessman back in the day… he became a partner with William Durant and that formed the Durant-Dort carriage company, which eventually helped form General Motors.
