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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.
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 🗽
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 ...
@@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💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😁😁😁👍👍👍👍
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!
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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. 😭😭
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.
@@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?
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.
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.
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.
Flint started a rapid decline in the 70s. As a boy visiting my grandparents on Roosevelt in the 60s, I never liked Flint. Crime was high, and the auto industry started leaving. The water was always bad, even in 1962. My grandparents had a constant brown ring around the edges of the sink, tub and toilet. The water smelled of sulfur.
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
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.
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
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 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
I love it here in flint! Never met so many great people in my life. I grew up in Clarkston Michigan from 1984 to 08, in my opinion there's more people to worry about in Clarkston then there is in Flint lol! You can read all the statistics you want, If you don't live here, you'll never know the actual truth about flint and the people living here.
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%.
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.
Where I appreciate your work and the facts you've presented, Flint is a blessed place with a lot of good going on. You seem to focus on the look of it and what the media shares about it. I encourage you to get involved and you'll see that Flint has a bright future. A lot of Flints residents not only care about our City but put action towards making it better. Perhaps you should also get involved and you'll see there is a more positive narrative that you can share about this/ my City. I appreciate you making our story known. This is a great place to invest.
I was born and raised here and still live in this city I do hope in the future things get better I just know what we should do with this video is learn from it and grow people here is good people they're not perfect but no one is there's always going to be a group of bad people but most of Flint people are nice and kind and caring 😊 yes there is some assholes but assholes are everywhere
Apparently you don’t know that Kearsly is in Genesee Charter Township, not in or funded by the city of Flint. IAF is an academy, not a public high school.
@@ChrisHarden Oh my bad. I always considered Kearsly as being on the north side of flint by mt Morris because my mom lives 5 minutes away and her address is a flint one, and when I worked at IAF they called it a public school and got funding the same way, at least according to the teachers working there. That does make sense though. Sadly that school gives off the furthest impression of being an “academy” after working there. The absolute disregard for children’s safety and education there is horrifying.
Look what happened to Hamtramck and surrounding area when American Axle shipped almost everything to Mexico. Dick D basically bankrupted Hamtramck and screwed over so many business around Michigan who relied on that plant-all while giving himself a nice 96million dollar bonus the year he laid 99% of workforce off.
As someone who lived in Flint a lot throughout that 2010-2020 decade. I can say that it is 100% the most depressing/worst city in America. I’ve said for a long time now that you could wipe Flint off the map and no one would ever notice or care.
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.
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.
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...
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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 .
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😅
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.
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
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.
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 ⚰️.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
I live in flint and literally watched 2 people OD across the street from me AT A CHURCH. Just today. Called 911 all day long and it took them 5 hours to show up…
Pump the brakes a bit eh. Flint doesn't stink like e st Louis or Chicago. Next in line everywhere you go. Your time is yours here. Not sitting in traffic or in line for hours. Ok MLK might not look exactly like rodeo drive...yet. think positive. JK. Definitely not the best but definitely not the worst imo. One can catch perch & walleye here, how bad can it be? (Rhetorical)
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
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😮
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.
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 👍.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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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I’m from the Detroit area. Flint or Detroit, take your pick. It’s sad because both cities have such a rich, prosperous history.
This video brings back so many childhood memories and gives me anxiety and makes me sad and angry all at the same time
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.
There are zero “successful areas” in flint.
@@mrob2185 I’m sorry you feel that way. I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.
@@mrob2185 The court,jail and Hurley Hospital are succeeding in Flint
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 🗽
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
@@abandonedwilderness1104 whats your business email?
@@abandonedwilderness1104 im a development project manager I know of a ton
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@@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💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😁😁😁👍👍👍👍
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!
For comparison contrast watch "1963 Flint Michigan the great community ".
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
And it had signs of coming back under Trump, that is all long gone now. Damn shame, same in Detroit.
@@michaelwright1602i bet you own a Made in Chine MAGA hat. What a scammer he was
@@brianmiller5444 No, I actually do not.
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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.
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.
@@jaystubblefield9287not always the truth.
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!
Raised and just graduated from Kearsley 2022.
Graduated from kearsley in 2019
Kearsley 2007
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.
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.
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. 😭😭
That could very well be
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.
@@Etrao Yup, and we keep electing people that won't do anything about it. 😭😭😭
Correct, after hours of wait time, people eventually quit calling the police
@@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?
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.
Just so unfortunate. I do love the background music.
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.
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
I remember driving from Flint to Livonia for $7.55 an hour.
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.
Flint started a rapid decline in the 70s. As a boy visiting my grandparents on Roosevelt in the 60s, I never liked Flint. Crime was high, and the auto industry started leaving. The water was always bad, even in 1962. My grandparents had a constant brown ring around the edges of the sink, tub and toilet. The water smelled of sulfur.
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
Terry, we were living in the same area; look at my post..
Stay tuned
Powers is on court st and miller today. It’s a beautiful building
@@ursus353 this is Phil. I use my stepsons UA-cam.
@@terryargo Phil?
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.
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
My old neighborhood. I went to Civic Park Elementary in the early 60's. Thanks.
East Side in the house raised in Flint loved it was a nice town till it was not ....much love Marci t
It's too bad!
Lol, I got robbed at the hinky dinky market back in 2018. You can see it at 12:26
The ole Hinky Dinky. That place has been there forever.
Looks like a nice town that was abandoned. Nothing has been updated so it's like looking into the past.
Great info for real!
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 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
I wonder how many bodies are buried in that big max brandon park lol
How sick of a thought🤔🙃
@@northern179 It's sick to wonder how many criminals in this dump of a city would hide bodies in a woods? Grow some skin Karen. Crybaby 😂🤣
Great video once again. I can't find the video for the southwest side of Flint. Is it out yet? Thanks
Check back on Friday it’ll be uploaded then
@@ChrisHarden Thank you.
How did you not mention Terry Crews?
I love it here in flint! Never met so many great people in my life. I grew up in Clarkston Michigan from 1984 to 08, in my opinion there's more people to worry about in Clarkston then there is in Flint lol! You can read all the statistics you want, If you don't live here, you'll never know the actual truth about flint and the people living here.
I hate Flint, Michigan so much!
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%.
You should go to the small town of Flora IL it is located in Clay County IL
One day!
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.
Must have been such a nice place to live in the 50s and 60s
Dont worry bro. We be blessed by snow.
Absolutely the worst!!!!!!!
Obama said the water is fine he took a sip
Where I appreciate your work and the facts you've presented, Flint is a blessed place with a lot of good going on. You seem to focus on the look of it and what the media shares about it. I encourage you to get involved and you'll see that Flint has a bright future. A lot of Flints residents not only care about our City but put action towards making it better. Perhaps you should also get involved and you'll see there is a more positive narrative that you can share about this/ my City. I appreciate you making our story known. This is a great place to invest.
You should watch my video on Downtown Flint where I talk about all kinds of positive things about the city! ua-cam.com/video/ngVnem1_nDk/v-deo.html
NO it isn't plastic surgery getting Beverly Hills is👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️🖤💚😘 Blessings to those in Flint and ALL of Michigan ❤️🖤💚✊🏾❤️🖤💚😘
Flint is hands-down the worst city in Michigan.
I was born and raised here and still live in this city I do hope in the future things get better I just know what we should do with this video is learn from it and grow people here is good people they're not perfect but no one is there's always going to be a group of bad people but most of Flint people are nice and kind and caring 😊 yes there is some assholes but assholes are everywhere
This is the same thing folks said 25 years ago. Guess what? It hasn't gotten any better just worse.
How are there no public high schools when I know for a fact IAF and Kearsly are public high schools/k-12 schools
Apparently you don’t know that Kearsly is in Genesee Charter Township, not in or funded by the city of Flint. IAF is an academy, not a public high school.
@@ChrisHarden Oh my bad. I always considered Kearsly as being on the north side of flint by mt Morris because my mom lives 5 minutes away and her address is a flint one, and when I worked at IAF they called it a public school and got funding the same way, at least according to the teachers working there. That does make sense though. Sadly that school gives off the furthest impression of being an “academy” after working there. The absolute disregard for children’s safety and education there is horrifying.
It looks just like East St. Louis.
anything in Arkansas is worse.
Must be in the water.
I'm sorry but the state is the cause of there downfall
Look what happened to Hamtramck and surrounding area when American Axle shipped almost everything to Mexico. Dick D basically bankrupted Hamtramck and screwed over so many business around Michigan who relied on that plant-all while giving himself a nice 96million dollar bonus the year he laid 99% of workforce off.
As someone who lived in Flint a lot throughout that 2010-2020 decade. I can say that it is 100% the most depressing/worst city in America. I’ve said for a long time now that you could wipe Flint off the map and no one would ever notice or care.
I'm gonna guess that you are a Virgo.
Why not talk about the positive things in my city? Flint definitely has its issues but theres So many things you could focus on.
I have talked about positive things in Flint! ua-cam.com/video/ngVnem1_nDk/v-deo.html
Name 5?
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.
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.
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.
It's like watching a post apocalyptic barren landscape. It's like playing fallout 4
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
Lyon Street
@@user-px9nx9pc7k haha you are correct
Did you see what they did to other cities too. Hmm some have no factories to blame either. Smh
Decent raw documentary, thank you for sharing.
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.
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
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...
@@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.
@@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.
@@Henry_Jones Basically government work... That's all I can say.
@@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..
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.
We moved away from Flint to Shiawassee county 25 years ago. Best thing I ever did.
Yes. The attitude of it's citizens is part of the problem.
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 .
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😅
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.
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
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
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.
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 ⚰️.
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.
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
Too late for prayers brother. Flint is dead and stink'n.
@@jerryspencer5453 Word
You mean you committed multiple felonies.
You don’t just catch them like a common cold.
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.
It will take a community and a positive mindset to bring back Flint
Hahhaha
@@amirsaeedadarreykeyonteagu7335 I guess I forgot to emphasize “POSITIVE MINDSET”
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.
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
From flint💯
The cut away as he rolls stop signs. You've definitely have drove around Detroit lol
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.
As someone still here. GOOD FOR YOU NEVER COME BACK THIS PLACE IS A SHIT HOLE.
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Shit you drove past the dope man on MLKs house LOL
Just like the Detroit area , there seems to be an overabundance of liquor & Lottery markets
Every municipal water systems built before 1965 are questionable 🤔
🇺🇲 Flint , Gary Indiana East St. Louis Jackson Mississippi many others. What happened America The Great.🇺🇲🤔🤫
Democratic controlled cities
I live in flint and literally watched 2 people OD across the street from me AT A CHURCH. Just today. Called 911 all day long and it took them 5 hours to show up…
Pump the brakes a bit eh. Flint doesn't stink like e st Louis or Chicago. Next in line everywhere you go. Your time is yours here. Not sitting in traffic or in line for hours. Ok MLK might not look exactly like rodeo drive...yet. think positive. JK. Definitely not the best but definitely not the worst imo. One can catch perch & walleye here, how bad can it be? (Rhetorical)
The union shouldn't let automated take over that member job probably flint would make it
I deliver pizza in Flint so it's wild seeing houses and neighborhoods I deliver in
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
Flint was probably the worst city of the 2010s, Gary was the worst of the 2000s
Wow what a great video. I was born in flint as well and learned so much in this video. Thank you
Flint sucks real bad 😮just like gary Ia and Camden New Jersey 😮politics in those three states and cities really really badly sucks 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
water did no harm at all
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😮
From what I see, Flint is among the worst cities in the USA..DepresSing.
Watch a video of the parade GM threw for their 50 millionth car sold in downtown Flint it looks like downtown Manhattan or something
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.
I'd say it's a toss up between Flint, MI and Cairo, Il. I've been to both and thankfully, survived.
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.
One day I will
@@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.
@@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.
@@TDurden527 I have quite a few videos on nice places actually. You just have to dig in my channel library because UA-cam won't promote them.
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.
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.
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.
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 ua-cam.com/video/PNKuksu2Ju4/v-deo.html
@@ChrisHarden thank you, will watch!!
I still live in Flint n it's exactly as he says. Bad