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I moved from Miami to Flint to help the housing build back up and help the community. They have already been putting funding back into infrastructure so I can’t be the only one that sees potential. I don’t see why it can’t come back and bring new opportunities to America 🗽

@abandonedwilderness1104

Жыл бұрын

Know of any work around here? Im a struggling electrical apprentice I live in flint now came up from Florida I have extensive construction experience

@jczar742

Жыл бұрын

@@abandonedwilderness1104 whats your business email?

@TravisGilbert

Жыл бұрын

@@abandonedwilderness1104 im a development project manager I know of a ton

@seanhecht1840

Жыл бұрын

NYC...bahahahaha bahahahahahha ...that's a good one...NYC IS A KRAPHOLE FFS...I bet you quadruple vaxes too BAHAHAHAHAH be honest ...you are ain't ya ...

@seanhecht1840

Жыл бұрын

​@@abandonedwilderness1104 move FROM Michigan ASAP.....50 yr old travelled male here from bay City...get out ...get out fast....you will double your wage if not triple have better roads ...lower taxes ...WAAAAAAY BETTTER cities and amenities...And WORK ....LOTS OF WORK ...AND THEY PAY .. ESPECIALLY A HARD WORKIN NORTHERN DUDE ...get out...run my friend ... Florida...Texas... Tennessee all great states ... Kentucky... Virginia South Carolina....just get out of HERE...moved to Naples Florida...then I came back for family....Wow just wow how shitty it is here comparatively...can't wait to move back to Naples ...anyway shine on ...no your worth$$$...God bless ya ...and GTFO ASAP💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😁😁😁👍👍👍👍

I’m from the Detroit area. Flint or Detroit, take your pick. It’s sad because both cities have such a rich, prosperous history.

I've lived in Flint for 12 years. I've never had anybody break into my house that I didn't know personally. It's all about who you associate yourself around.

@jaystubblefield9287

Ай бұрын

Truth. I lived most of my life in, and around, Flint and have found that everyone deserves respect no matter their socioeconomic status. Kindness breeds kindness and if you mind your own business and be polite you'll never have an issue.

This video brings back so many childhood memories and gives me anxiety and makes me sad and angry all at the same time

Great work on the videos Chris! I was born in Flint 1961 and me and a lot of my family worked for GM at one time or another . My Dad @ Fisher body Ternstedt 42yrs..Keep the vids coming!

I come back to this series all the time. I appreciate this thorough coverage of Flint so much!

Decent raw documentary, thank you for sharing.

I appreciate your spread of information. I must say most places anywhere have bad areas. You see the abandonment, but many people in Flint work hard for what they have and there are successful areas. We need people to speak up about that too! Shed light on that too.

@mrob2185

Жыл бұрын

There are zero “successful areas” in flint.

@eliseb.2594

Жыл бұрын

@@mrob2185 I’m sorry you feel that way. I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.

@Starfire3684

Жыл бұрын

@@mrob2185 The court,jail and Hurley Hospital are succeeding in Flint

Great info . Good video . Thanks .

Born at Hurley hospital and lived on Lion st until age of 3. Moved to flushing, and currently still in Flushing. Love to see Flint rebuild

@user-px9nx9pc7k

4 ай бұрын

Lyon Street

@discoewolverine

4 ай бұрын

@@user-px9nx9pc7k haha you are correct

I lived in this section of Flint. The only good thing rent is really cheap. I had a one bedroom apartment for 450 a month with utilities included.

Wow what a great video. I was born in flint as well and learned so much in this video. Thank you

Don't forget to add when President Clinton signed an after Free trade agreement in the 90s we still have 77,000 GM jobs after we sign that they went to Canada and Mexico we only have 7,000 GM jobs

@michaelwright1602

Жыл бұрын

And it had signs of coming back under Trump, that is all long gone now. Damn shame, same in Detroit.

@brianmiller5444

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelwright1602i bet you own a Made in Chine MAGA hat. What a scammer he was

@michaelwright1602

Жыл бұрын

@@brianmiller5444 No, I actually do not.

@judithpatterson3634

Ай бұрын

Dam

It's pretty bad, I have to go there once a week for work and when I go there to get on the train. I always high tail it out of there as fast as I can.

It's like watching a post apocalyptic barren landscape. It's like playing fallout 4

I grew up in flint and I pray e very day that we get it together. I caught multiple felonies in flint overdosed over a handful of times, I had to escape it or I was going to die in it. Lost so many ppl in flint to murders and overdoses it is so sad. One day I hope to see flint in videos for good instead of videos like this. Pray for my city yall

@jerryspencer5453

Жыл бұрын

Too late for prayers brother. Flint is dead and stink'n.

@rorshakks

Жыл бұрын

@@jerryspencer5453 Word

@user-rs4gr9yq4u

2 күн бұрын

You mean you committed multiple felonies. You don’t just catch them like a common cold.

Great info for real!

For comparison contrast watch "1963 Flint Michigan the great community ".

Hey Chris I love your videos keep up the good work.

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'll try!

Chris, thank you so much for posting these videos. I was born in Flint in 1957; my father had a house on Jennings Road halfway between Pierson Road and Pasadena. I graduated from Hamady High School in 1975, and I worked at the Chevrolet Flint Engine Plant until 1979 when I was laid off. I moved to California in early 1980, but, Flint has always held a special place in my heart, it is so sad to see what has become of this town. The last time that I was there was the fall of 1984. I would love to see more videos of the area where my fathers house was, Jennings between Pierson and Pasadena, and a drive by Hamady High School. I looked online and as far as I know the High School is still open. I have a High School buddy who now lives in Northern Michigan, but, every now and then he still goes to Flint, he tells me how a lot of the stores/restaurants in our area are long gone. Again, thanks for the videos, and please do consider making a video of my old neighborhood...

@ursus353

Жыл бұрын

@@Henry_Jones career wise, yes, it has been very good to me, but, I still miss all of the green landscape and the lakes in Michigan. When I first moved here I brought my boat with me, but, I sold it shortly after arriving because there are no decent lakes within driving distance from where I live, and the ones that are around the people were just nuts on the water. And now, if you have been following what is going on politically here in California, it's time to leave.

@ursus353

Жыл бұрын

@@Henry_Jones Very monotonous; 12 hours a day doing the same thing over and over. But, I would swap jobs every chance that I could just to do something different.

@ursus353

Жыл бұрын

@@Henry_Jones Basically government work... That's all I can say.

@ursus353

Жыл бұрын

@@Henry_Jones When I was laid off, I was really upset; I had a lot of plans laid out, and after I was laid off all of my plans went up in smoke..

@lowellwhite1603

Жыл бұрын

Hamady High is still there. It is mostly African-American in make up now. Their football team is currently making a deep run in the state high school football playoffs in their division. The stretch of Jennings between Pierson and Pasadena isn't as bad as much of Flint City as most houses are still standing but there are some vacant lots and businesses like "Bob's Garage". Clio Road and Pierson Rd aren't like they used to be with high crime and gang activity.

I was born in Flint in 1976. I went to Flint Northwestern High School. I have recently moved and I don’t see it getting any better. I really am amazed at how it has changed over the years. Raising a family there is not good. My advice is that if you can leave to do so. I recommend because it would give a brighter future for the up coming young. But this is just my opinion. There are no elementary, junior high or high schools left. I don’t know where the city is headed but I definitely now where it came from.

Just for perspective about the schools-Southwestern may be technically a magnet school in name, but it's the defacto high school after the reconciliation of the other high schools in the city into one building. You could maybe argue it was magnet when I went there in the early-mid 2000s, but in practice other highschools like Northern/Central had as many specialized courses (not to mention the county Skill Center that many of us went to for more career specific courses) and students would be bussed between these schools during the day as necessary.

Good job Chris ❤

i was an eastsider for 32 years. i miss the good ole days. such a shame to see how it is now. i was kinda crushed when Angeloes closed up. i was there almost daily .

@ChristopherMosley-dj3kt

Ай бұрын

I miss the smell of Angelo's. I don't know how many times I had no intentions of getting any food from there but as soon as I ride by and that smell hits my nose, it was over😅

Flint will never change unless the people start changing themselves. I worked in a Flint school for about 5yrs and the parents of these kids are absolutely terrible and shameful. Obviously there are good people in Flint but there are A LOT of shitty parents that aren't paying attention to their kids. You could dress the city up as nice as you'd like but until the north side of Flint is cleaned up it will always be like this.

@AdventuresnTyland

2 ай бұрын

I went to schools in flint they weren’t as bad as the school in Memphis but northern was way behind the school I went to in Minnesota

Born and raised in Flint Every school I ever attended was closed. I left in 2015 and to see it run down that much more is heartbreaking. I lost more friends than I care to count in that city. I vowed not to return until I could come back and rebuild. Funny they wiped the memory away of Jerusalem in my eyes!!! Shalawam

@imamfproblem1320

Жыл бұрын

Lol I was born in the north as I never got why people said that I always feel most un easiest on the east side of my city

I was born and raised there... what a HORRIFIC town... best part of Flint was the sign that says LEAVING GENESSEE COUNTY... was never anything there and no good memories!

Native Flintstoner here. I was born and raised in Flint. Graduated from Kersley in ‘91. I hung on until 2000, Then I had to go. I couldn’t raise my family or send my kids to public school anymore. It’s such a shame and so sad to see what has befallen a once great place. It was a wonderful place to grow up in the ‘80s. I blame a lot on the UAW constantly demanding more every year. Big ups homie!

@iiltaylorlii

Жыл бұрын

Raised and just graduated from Kearsley 2022.

@itschickler9289

Жыл бұрын

Graduated from kearsley in 2019

@cmrnhddn

Жыл бұрын

Kearsley 2007

@crisisclubrob

Жыл бұрын

I don’t disagree, I don’t debate politics and such anyway as I don’t know that much, besides respect others is important. I’d just add that it’s difficult to say one thing is at fault, UAW, is a factor but I see the federal government as a large contributor. GM is probably given a lot more credit for Flints conditions than they actually earned, it is a corporate entity. It is a profit driven company and you see the upper middle management out of jobs as well. also the 80’s being so infamous for the self centered attitude. Society is a product of the people and their values. There weren’t many values I could see but I always believed Flint was just about 30 years or so ahead of the rest of the country.

@jaystubblefield9287

Ай бұрын

I lived there for 40+ years and the only reason Flint isn't a complete wasteland is because of the UAW. I encourage all to watch "Roger and Me" to get the full context of the harm GM, and its subsidiaries, did to Genesee county both economically and environmentally. Once GM filed bankruptcy in 2008 it released them from $500 million of environmental cleanup liabiltiy.

Raised in Flint since I was 5, I'm 19 now. Lived in Mount Morris Township off of Dort and Coldwater my whole life. Parents just moved to the Southside recently but overall, I'm hoping to move on away from Flint in the future.

@femto2099

Жыл бұрын

same here man, isn't much left here for anyone to enjoy and I don't want my future family to have to go through the same thing

BORN IN FLINT FLINT GENERAL HOSPITAL 1946 WENT BACK TO FAMILY HOMESTEAD IN KENTUCKY. MOVE AS SOON AS YOU CAN. FLINT HAS BEEN RUN BY THE UAW/DEMOCRATS FOR 90 YEARS. MOVE

Not sure if crime is down or if it is really hard to report the crime. People give up trying to report their crime here due to the lack of police force and personnel to take the report. 😭😭

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

That could very well be

@Etrao

Жыл бұрын

Crime isn't down. I work security in Flint there's gunshots almost every single day in the surrounding neighborhood, nobody bats an eye. It's normal for people around here.

@kristing7744

Жыл бұрын

@@Etrao Yup, and we keep electing people that won't do anything about it. 😭😭😭

@bobbynovotny6301

Жыл бұрын

Correct, after hours of wait time, people eventually quit calling the police

@Leroy-wm4ib

5 ай бұрын

​@@EtraoI just read your comment. Didn't they have regular patrol in areas throughout the city. I met some people from the area and they spoke highly of the city. Is it still that bad?

It will take a community and a positive mindset to bring back Flint

@amirsaeedadarreykeyonteagu7335

Жыл бұрын

Hahhaha

@jczar742

Жыл бұрын

@@amirsaeedadarreykeyonteagu7335 I guess I forgot to emphasize “POSITIVE MINDSET”

Just so unfortunate. I do love the background music.

Chris, one of these videos on Pontiac would be interesting, I lived there for a couple years in mid-late 90s, story would likely be very similar to Flints.

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

One of my first videos was on Pontiac. I made it nearly 3 years ago. I’ve learned how to make better videos since then, but here it is kzread.info/dash/bejne/goJ_182spZWwpZc.html

@russmode

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisHarden thank you, will watch!!

Flint is a dead company town. You only need a fraction number of jobs to run a auto plant as you did in the 1960s. Even if the auto manufacturing jobs come back the city will never be in it's glory days again. Why save flint? For the nostalgia of retiring workers who plan on moving out of the state? Millennials & Gen Z should focus on communities where if one company goes under it doesn't turn it into a former rust belt manufacturing town.

Some residents paint the inside of their windows black and then hang black sheets over the windows. Then they will only have 1 tiny lamp on the floor in each room. This is so no one can see inside and shoot them.

What is your background music--love it. thx

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

Crush by Makeup and Vanity Set!

Born and raised on the south side of Flint. Moved away when I got married in 1989. Had many friends who went to school at those closed schools. So sad to see this once great city reduced to this.

The pipes in Flint can't be fixed because car dependent cities rely on growth in order to fund infrastructure maintenance, and Flint continues to shrink, decreasing the taxpayer base year after year. People moving away after the water crisis obviously continued the feedback loop. There is a lot of heart in this community though and it can only get better from here. I hope they find a way to sustainably rebuild this area.

The cut away as he rolls stop signs. You've definitely have drove around Detroit lol

Great video once again. I can't find the video for the southwest side of Flint. Is it out yet? Thanks

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

Check back on Friday it’ll be uploaded then

@johnultimate1161

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisHarden Thank you.

My old neighborhood. I went to Civic Park Elementary in the early 60's. Thanks.

Grew up outside Detroit in the 50s my family coming from Tenn to there in the 30s for better job chances. I always sensed a hostility of native ganders to the mass influx of white and black southeners coming for jobs and changing what Michigan had been. Ethnic slurs were common then and I was a hillbilly, the Poles in Hamtramck polacks, and Italians/ other mediterranean the dagos/wops. There were two major school systems there, public and parochial, and while the public schools had the rare catholic, for sure the parochial had zero southern transplants. Recall when both Flint and Detroit rode high. And glad I made it out when I did.

Job loss in the auto industry was in part due to the US Congress. Congress wanted to divest the USA of the Teamsters union, in doing so, other unions were also effected. Couple this with economic downturn and improvements in technology caused the quick erosion. NAFTA was the final nail in the job coffin ⚰️.

@ddvette

20 күн бұрын

GM had 60% of the market it now has 20%. The 1998 strike at the Flint Metal Fab was devastating. Every job in Flint depended on GM. Once the GM retirees with their health care benefits die off might as well plow the city under.

Hey Chris, love your videos. As a Michigan native, I'm taking personal responsibility to learn more about the history of our state so I may have context of why the way things are now. Do you know of any resources of learning more about Flint's racial segregation and racism? I would love to learn more about it in your videos but I can understand why you don't go too deep on the subject very often.

Chris, I grew up there in the 1960’s. I was wondering if you could drive down Westmoreland. Behind the north Flint plaza. Also Powers high school on Carpenter road. It’s been 30 years since I’ve been there to visit. Its sad to see the city destroyed. Thank you

@ursus353

Жыл бұрын

Terry, we were living in the same area; look at my post..

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned

@TravisGilbert

Жыл бұрын

Powers is on court st and miller today. It’s a beautiful building

@terryargo

Жыл бұрын

@@ursus353 this is Phil. I use my stepsons KZread.

@ursus353

Жыл бұрын

@@terryargo Phil?

GM's HQ is in Detroit, the Tech Center (city within a city) is in Warren, which is in Macomb County, and they have the Milford Proving Ground in Milford, Oakland County.

Yes. The attitude of it's citizens is part of the problem.

Just like the Detroit area , there seems to be an overabundance of liquor & Lottery markets

So sad to see Flint now. I loved it there. Some great people and musicians. Conto's was a blast back in the 80's and the Machine Shop is one of the coolest venues in the country.

This is so sad to see. I was born and raised in Flint and remember it differently. I also graduated from Flint Northern. I’m hoping it will turn around.

Already following is like. It’s crazy how abandoned flint is. There was one night someone went around Waterloo and set 4 unoccupied homes on fire and an abandoned factory. The site supervisor came in that morning I was like someone is going around acting like this is Detroit she’s like I’ve noticed.

Interesting the city has so many abandoned schools yet they still pay to mow the grass on a building that is boarded up, vandalized and in disrepair.

Retired right outside Flint after being in and out of area with GM. Flint on rebound over last ten years. I really like the area and not from Michigan originally.

Chris out here doing his brother James in the NBA proud.

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

My grandpa was the original James Harden 👍🏻

Every municipal water systems built before 1965 are questionable 🤔

I lived in flint majority of my life, I hate saying bad things about my hometown, but it really has nothing good to offer, and I have no plans of ever going back.

@aeromummy3322

6 ай бұрын

As someone still here. GOOD FOR YOU NEVER COME BACK THIS PLACE IS A SHIT HOLE. 👍

We moved away from Flint to Shiawassee county 25 years ago. Best thing I ever did.

I'd say it's a toss up between Flint, MI and Cairo, Il. I've been to both and thankfully, survived.

Larry Arrn is the president of Hillsdale college. Hillsdale has been promoting the classical American education since 1861

I moved to WI from Flint in my 20s... im 51 now.... My dad worked at GM before they shut down, and i went to Flint Central. It really makes me angry and sad to see Flint the way it is.

Left flint in 2007. Nothing like it and miss it all the time. There’s still a lot of good in Flint.

Most definitely...left a year ago after 25 years I had enough..New home Tuscaloosa Alabama

East Side in the house raised in Flint loved it was a nice town till it was not ....much love Marci t

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

It's too bad!

My whole street empty now. People from other cities don’t know what it’s like to have NO jobs. We use to drive to Fowlerville to make $8 and hour

@toddwymer4647

5 күн бұрын

I remember driving from Flint to Livonia for $7.55 an hour.

At one point in time everyone knew everyone in Clarkston michigan, then a whole crap load of people move to Clarkston there was a massive amount of Land development, suddenly there was no commonality amongst the people of clarkston. It turned into a bunch of unfamiliar faces. That's one thing Flint has that I missed so much for so long, at least where I am in Flint, everyone pretty much knows everyone. When we first moved here we had neighbors introducing themselves right away, made all kinds of good friends. Anything can happen anywhere! There was all kinds of dirt happening in Clarkston all the time, however it would get cleaned up/swept under the rug before they'd allow the news to catch wind of it or allow it to be put in the news paper. Don't be misled by exaggerated statistics and the fake news! Just go watch the movie American beauty with Kevin Spacey lol! It's a great example of middle class suburbia 😂😂😂😂😂😂. They paint such a pretty picture on the outside, but boy oh boy! If anyone ever knew what was going on behind closed doors! Lol! I've noticed most people in Flint are real! In those little Richie Rich towns, there is a ton of fake ass phony people. I think I'd rather be murdered by a crazed stranger in FLINT , then have a bunch of phony/ fake ass friends in a uppity rich town. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I deliver pizza in Flint so it's wild seeing houses and neighborhoods I deliver in

My brother and sisters went to northern before it moved to the school shown

Makes me grateful to live in the town I live in. I live in a great small suburb named Lombard Illinois. I hope Chris will stop by us. We are your safe, average and quiet suburb, we only have 45,000 residents. We have great schools, a nice downtown, a safe county, and plenty to do in and around Lombard, we even still have our own mall.

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

One day I will

@WesternChicagolandPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisHarden 👍.I love this traveling channel,I’ve been subscribed for 2 years now and I’m liking the Michigan content. Flint just seems like a depressing area tho.

@TDurden527

Жыл бұрын

​@@ChrisHarden Ya . . . I watch a lot of ur vids and a couple vid collections of the best town in eh USA, like 10 in a row, would be great. Probably wouldn't get a lot of views though would it, lol.

@ChrisHarden

Жыл бұрын

@@TDurden527 I have quite a few videos on nice places actually. You just have to dig in my channel library because KZread won't promote them.

@aps125

Жыл бұрын

Hi I used to live in near by Elmhurst. I am really fond of that area, Yorktown mall was my favorite spot for grabbing a quick bite when I was still single.

I live in Flint been struggling still struggling to be honest if your low income it's affordable here but you may still struggle but it's not bad here other then the water is crap and they charge to much for it water should be free if you ask me all things considered

My personal theory, those arson's we performed by laid off firefighters. The buildings targeted were not in places that would cause widespread fires. It was a retaliation hit for being laid off.

Flint was probably the worst city of the 2010s, Gary was the worst of the 2000s

Lol, I got robbed at the hinky dinky market back in 2018. You can see it at 12:26

@hughjhardon8080

Жыл бұрын

The ole Hinky Dinky. That place has been there forever.

My mother grew up near Flint Northern in one of the adjacent neighborhoods before it was built and while it was being built and she tells me stories of when it was just a field. Civic Park is an interesting story. My late grandmother worked there for a long time and retired when the school closed. It was going to be turned into an assisted living facility or some sort of other facility, but as seen here, plans never went through. There also used to be a playground in fair condition behind Civic Park that they demolished. Across the street from the school are a few shops, and in the vacant space with the theater space, there used to be a local market, but that was torn down in the late 90s. Civic Park neighborhood has a lot of interesting history and is said by many to be one of the first truly planned developments in the United States. A little sad he didn't feature Bassett Park in the main video as it's not too bad compared to the surrounding area.

The abandonment is so hard to comprehend there’s parts of this country where huge numbers peoples houses get destroyed every 10 years or so and these people rebuild. Seems like Michigan everyone just gives up and moves 20 miles away. You would think this decay would chase this way of thinking outward of the cities.

As unusual as it sounds, I can get an understanding of what it must've been like when people came flooding into the city from the 1920s to the 1950s. It takes a little imagination but think of all those who have left in the past couple of decades and imagine that being an influx of people. At one point Flint couldn't supply enough housing. All of what we are seeing was at one point forests.

What is the sinister song's name that played in the first minute of this video?

I was born and raised in Flint. I left my hometown in 1988 And then returned in 2020 I don't recognize any more. Buick City is gone, Downtown Chevrolet is gone, the Genessee Tower is gone, and Part of the Fisher Body plant is gone. My old high school Flint Central Close. I remember in High School. My instructor asked me do I have an interest outside of Flint. I said yes television broadcaster who told me to go there was no future here in Flint.

Do you think the eastern areas of East St Louis by Belleville are actually less blighted/abandoned than most of the city

Even though there are a lot of destitute cities and towns across the U.S. like Flint, Gary, East St. Louis or Cairo Illinois, nowhere can even come close to matching the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Even the 'nicest' towns in the reservation have poverty rates exceeding 50%, and the town of Allen, South Dakota has a poverty rate of close to 96%.

I stayed in Pontiac Michigan and the water mad me sick until I got back home🤮

Did you see what they did to other cities too. Hmm some have no factories to blame either. Smh

A city in the running for worst would be Niagara Falls NY. Another city that lost over half its population. Toxic chemicals, corruption, mafia and urban blight galore. I think you would find it fascinating.

@AdamSmith-gs2dv

Жыл бұрын

Yep can't forget about Love Canal

@ChrisHarden

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I actually went there in February of 2020… had no clue on how to film for a good video back then though.

I am born and raised in Flint, when the water crisis first broke out, I was maybe 15 years old. I never had problems with the water. I never did drink the water but I did bathe in the water. I moved not too far from flint and still don’t have a problem with it.

I grew up in flint and back n forth between there and port Huron for most my childhood, wanna move back there bc I honestly loved living there, was on east side off dort hwy around that area and a little off Pierson and Clio rd (that area was rlly sketch) probably of if I moved back would be just west of downtown bc that’s a very nice area still

You should go to the small town of Flora IL it is located in Clay County IL

@ChrisHarden

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One day!

Dale kildee was the congressman from 1973 till his nephew Dan took over and the encombant as of the election last Tuesday

Looks like a nice town that was abandoned. Nothing has been updated so it's like looking into the past.

The union shouldn't let automated take over that member job probably flint would make it

From flint💯

Chris, what are your thoughts on the Netflix series about Flint ?

@ChrisHarden

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I watched it a couple of years ago… don’t remember all of it, but what makes “Flint Town” interesting is that it shows the cops perspective of things, and there’s not much content out there on any platform these days that shows that angle.

My daughter use to work in flirt with a guy, she told me that she had a few people tell her "I got what you need" when she stopped at gas stations, had another guy try and sell her shoes but who knows with that. She definitely thinks that it's better but it still needs work. She prays every night for flint and everyone there.

Short answer.....yes

Is this a re-upload? Pretty sure I've already seen this video, or did you just use the same intro as another flint video?

@ChrisHarden

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The intro is the same for all of my flint videos. Maybe I shouldn’t be using intros at all though. Hmm. 🤔 I’ve done away with them for a while but I brought them back for Flint. (And no, I’m not saying this because you said anything bad. Just thinking out loud.)

The only city that I can think of that's worse is Camden NJ but Flint is definitely up there as one of the worst cities

@stephenbrand5661

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A lot of places like Camden and Flint are depopulating to the point where they will fall below the 80,000 or whatever cutoff to be considered cities. New Jersey has a cluster of bad places like Irvington and East Orange that fit that description. East St. Louis and a few blighted North County communities in St. Louis do as well.

That marathon at chev and Welch be lit race cars donks g rides you name it be up there all hours of the night def a wild wild place at night

Worst city in America? Gary, Indiana says “hold my beer”

Flint Michigan is the first cousin of Gary Indiana and Camden nj is its uncle , from Either the Father’s side or the mother s side of the family how sad but true😮

My grandma use to send me to hunky dinky to play her numbers lol