HOODS OF FLINT MICHIGAN

[@CharlieBo313]

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[@abnerriverareyes4408]

Literally saw a dumpster that was overfilled. So, the Trash guys ain't going. But, you all can make crude oil out of all your waste.
Burn everything and the smoke turns into oil with a special process.

[@abnerriverareyes4408]

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[@jakemidass]

Have a merry christmas

[@allstarfania]

CharlieBo313 fuc this channel these people are in desperate need of help! No disrespect

[@RCmack]

@@allstarfania There's a Democratic Governor now in Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. I hope she can help with Flint's problems. But first, she has to fulfill her #1 campaign promise of 'fixing the damn roads!'

[@mookieknuckles1318]

Born and raised in flint, but left in 1993. Always brings me to tears to see my city like this

[@sandechoir]

I can feel that

[@tonywhite5085]

Yet nothing is done all it takes is people to work together to clean it up

[@Kevin112681]

I will always love my city, 1981, born and raised, but moved out in 2007. It’s a shame how fucked up this city has become.

[@D.W269]

Its only gotten worse

[@basketball5630]

Fran Gustavo shut your fucking mouth

[@lkern6238]

flint had a growing economy in the early 80s. like detroit, flint was dependent on the big 3 auto companies as the main employer for good paying jobs.

[@olschoolTonyCarter]

80s Flint was a glorious time, I remember.

[@thedark1928]

l kern and when the big three started shipping jobs overseas, it took away a lot of structure, and at the same time, here comes crack Cocain! Other businesses couldn’t thrive when the main the main source of the towns economy lays off 200,000 people as you said! I remember when I moved to Saginaw from New York back in 1982, it was beautiful. People had money, and nice house’s! Black teenagers got cars from their parents at 16! in New York, we didn’t get cars at 16. We took the subway. I saw the decline starting about 85/86

[@thuss5162]

You are correct and the greedy unions uaw priced their workers out of jobs went to mexico

[@abandonedchannel281]

T Huss Unions we’re keeping you safe from what could easily been a sweat shop, learn to respect those who stand up for you class interests
Neoliberalism did this to Michigan, not the poor

[@brownbagz]

@@olschoolTonyCarter Yes it was!

[@d.c.d.c.8811]

Everyone's in the comments talking about how horrible this is and I'm over here like "Hey! He passed my childhood home" 😂
Moved out a long time ago though, as do many

[@rhymeaholik2465]

Right lol

[@rethablair6902]

I'm surprised that it's still standing🤭

[@maister482]

Flint born and raised. Dont think ill ever leave at this point

[@leomiller9070]

Ong I’m living here like wow I was just over there 😭

[@cesarinho22584]

@Johnny Lariat 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shawngregory1429]

This is what happens when decent-wage jobs in manufacturing leave the US for Mexico

[@thefollowing8127]

Shawn Gregory:You nailed it!

[@LetsGoGetThem]

Yep, or you fire people and hire cheap exploitable labor like Apple does in their manufacturing plants.

[@tompaul2591]

That's part of it, but the majority of it is simply the black culture.

[@sethverzinski7202]

Shawn Gregory even though the two GM plants in flint and the one 20 minutes up the highway are absolutely thriving...

[@rubygooden5468]

Nope. This is what happens when people and city leaders don't allow outsiders in. Every city in America has experienced deindustrialization.

[@ianmcclain7673]

As a former Flintstone, born and raised. I have to say this is embarrassing. I love my hometown and I love what CharlieBo313 does, but I want everyone to know it wasn’t always like this. Flint used to be a bustling city full of hard working families and beautiful homes. RIP to a once amazing city. Hopefully it will rise from the ashes one day like a Phoenix

[@notbobtekk]

I hope it doesn't turn into Phoenix. The last thing it needs is more junkies.

[@frisk151]

Ian, I feel your pain... Where I grew up in North Houston from 75' until 91' it was a pretty decent middle class area.. I was a bit of a problem child (ha-h) so I ventured out.. That being said, as tough as I know I am, I wouldn't drive down the streets I grew up on back then unarmed. People are getting shot there all over the place now... What would be REALLY cool is if you or anyone would post up pictures of Flint before it got to where it is now. Does Flint have a FB or other group from the past?

[@taymeeks1910]

#facts💯‼️

[@risennation1239]

Those complexes have been riddled with crime for decades. The decline happened long before the water crisis.

[@charlierobles316]

How do you now?

[@robertallen6710]

Way...waaaay before the water crisis...

[@risennation1239]

@@charlierobles316 I've lived in and around flint since 2001

[@jimyoung7926]

@@DocLogic123 it was vice Lords, gangsta disciples and Spanish Cobras.
Flint used to have Chicago gangs, not West coast. (Not many at least)

[@ryanbaumgart9837]

@@charlierobles316 we grew up there we know it's been bad way before the water

[@ThePhrozenPhoenix]

What an incredibly depressing place

[@vrakula]

Your videos will be gold in 20 years. Well they are already but you know what I mean. Historical documentation. Stay safe CharlieBo and Merry Christmas.

[@CJ9007]

TI123 agreed, no talking, just pure unfiltered views of these areas

[@scottemmer3301]

Agreed. Just the whine of a Dodge transmission.

[@zaclloyd3441]

@Mitchell Scripter no mention of Fenton Lake Fenton and Linden..

[@tpsrep9631]

Google pays ppl to do this

[@Hanzyscure]

@W TF? Democrats for about 100 years . Still GM bailing out and abandoning contaminated properties for the Taxpayers to cleanup had something to do with Flints demise. Population drops from 500k less than 75k . State Emergency Manager takes over and causes the water crisis. I think abandoned homes is a given. Every City in the Country has the same problems with Corporate Industries leaving for tax incentives and relief in other States and Countries.

[@eternalwarrior5318]

looks like the backdrop for a zombie movie

[@alexxela9502]

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[@labelrealygoodoneshower]

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[@alexxela9502]

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[@alexxela9502]

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[@carlosmatos9848]

@@alexxela9502 Looks like I could buy a brewery? Problem is I'd drink all the beer myself, lol..

[@markclements3289]

I was born and raised in Flint, it used to be a booming city until they took Buick City and AutoWorld out of here. That is when all the crime started happening in flint. It breaks my heart to see what Flint has become from what is used to be.

[@mattiefee]

6:46 GOD BLESS the people who don't give up and still show pride of ownership amongst the rubble.

[@CooManTunes]

You sound like a delusional, religious idiot.

[@kingReddy101]

@@CooManTunes Sorry that we believe in the truth. Hope you have fun in Hell. ❤😚🙌🏻

[@CooManTunes]

@@kingReddy101 You're sick in the head. Sad your parents let you become such a delusional idiot. :'D

[@kingReddy101]

@@CooManTunes How am I delusional? Just because I don't fit your hate criteria doesn't mean that I'm delusional.

[@CooManTunes]

@@kingReddy101 How are you delusional? Well, let's see. You get upset because others don't fall for the same hocus pocus bullshit that you do, you claim they're going to an imaginary place, called Hell, to 'burn for eternity' (LOL!), and then, like a hypocrite, you say they're hateful. It's hilarious, how blissfully ignorant and sick in the head you are. :'D You should be in a padded room.

[@rusty3831]

And we’re a ‘First World Country’? At one point in time, each one of these homes was someone’s pride & joy.

[@tompaul2591]

But the ghetto ass punk gangstas have no pride. It's their culture to embrace decay.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

@Peyton Brimmer True but also when such jobs disappear it creates poverty and poverty creates, brings in gangs.

[@vincentvega6932]

@Peyton Brimmer true. Any reliance on a single thing is a bad idea. But what i see is cheap real estate, empty warehouses/ factories and people that need work. Idk why American companies don't take advantage of that. I certainly would. Hell i got ideas spinning about my head right now. You know if its still possible to buy property for 5 10 20k?

[@gnarlyfartz1220]

Looks like Silent Hill.....On the PS1

[@Noog6284]

frank paul forreal man

[@CJ9007]

Better graphics though lol

[@ItsTheCostanza]

Silent Hill on the PS1 is Centralia Pa lol

[@johndoe-ls9ov]

.....

[@MusicProducerGameDeveloper]

Dang

[@lylecosmopolite]

As bad as Detroit. Flint's population is now only 48% of what it was at its 1960 peak. Even Genesee County's population has declined 10% since its 1980 peak.

[@lylecosmopolite]

@Mr. Bongs BurgH A 52% decline in population over the past 60 years is a catastrophe, really.

[@notsure6187]

95,000 today Vs approximately 200,000in 1960.

[@lylecosmopolite]

@Mr. Bongs BurgH I am not arguing that people should have remained in Flint. Quite the contrary, actually.

[@cortneypaige5689]

I LIVE IN FLINT AND WHAT HE SHOWED WAS MOST OF THE ABANDONED AREAS (WHICH EVERY CITY HAS) THIS IS NOT I REPEAT THIS IS NOT ALL FLINT HAS TO OFFER..SHEESH

[@oromohanningtone994]

Exactly how Western news channels potrays Africa in their coverage 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@stevencarter9812]

Bullshit

[@maryscheitler2488]

Exactly. Downtown is looking better every year. Local bands, DJs a new farmer's market....

[@thuss5162]

Hello he said the hoods of flint Duh

[@damikco1]

Exactly. He hasn't passed through downtown, the college area, nor the newly 4neighborhoods. This is only part of the city of Flint on display.

[@chination1796]

The trees even look distraught

[@elijahtorres2688]

CHI Nation probably because they aren’t cared for that much in that neighborhood!

[@AuroraBoarder1]

It's the water.

[@allstarfania]

CHI Nation Lmaoooooo stop

[@markbuchanan847]

Oddly though, not the conifers. Love, mox.

[@adidasaddict2023]

Maybe coz its winter trees are same in uk 🇬🇧 bet any money theres a good few families in there

[@shaquilleoatmeal5975]

Whenever I watch these videos my mind is constantly recreating what it might have looked like when things were better.

[@ajvintage9579]

Same.

[@jaclynrichmond1049]

These neighborhoods are talked about by our grandparetns with affection so they were not the same years ago. In the GM boom these houses were prob owned by GM workers and the neighborhood was full. Now we've all left farther and farther out and the city has been abandoned

[@tompaul2591]

Just go look at a majority white neighborhood and you'll see what the ghettos used to look like.

[@GreaterThanGodLike]

@@tompaul2591 you mean like the majority white ghettos in the south? Or the white part of Baltimore city that's just as shitty as the rest of Baltimore? Nice try at trying to impede your racism into this.

[@christophe3281]

Same

[@martevamahan7246]

Flint will always be my home❤️. There’s good parts and bad parts just like every other city.

[@kathyturner6177]

Marteva Mahan very true there are good and there are bad parts to ever town you just don’t always see the bad.

[@dtrkyah3450]

Marteva Mahan so true I still stay in flint at the age of 13 Nd I’m doin jus fine go to a good school to

[@annarbor94]

In other cities they have ghettos and hoods but our whole damn city is the Hood...lol..no Manhattan or uptown or Beverly Hills or Buck head to visit.....straight hood through out the whole damn city.

[@donguapo7862]

Unfortunately the bad parts in these Michigan cities are really bad when I travel out of state it's rare I see neighborhoods as bad as Michigan

[@tripps607]

Detroit ain’t got no good parts

[@rodneyws1977]

CharlieBo, I just wanted you to know that I worry about your mental well-being. It has to be heartbreaking seeing all of the things you see and man do you see a lot. Your videos are powerful without being loud and you're doing the country a service by showing the rest of us what it's really like out there. Happy holidays to you.

[@rodneyws1977]

@@anatucker3806, of course he shows the bad areas. If we wanted to see suburbia, anyone with a car (or an Uber) could do that. I don't think that means he's biased. He's selective in the video he shoots.

[@rodneyws1977]

@@anatucker3806, it's not really feasible for me to see Flint, MI. CharlieBo is doing us a service.

[@stephenbrand5661]

He's from a depopulated part of Detroit and he probably has plenty of people in Flint too since its only an hour away from where he grew up. It's probably not too hard on him when he's just filming the places he drives at anyway. I do appreciate all the crazy traveling he does though, rolling through hoods a thousand miles from home is what's tough.

[@davidellis5141]

After the Michael Moore Documentary " Roger & Me " People thought maybe Flint had hit rock bottom. That was in 1989 !

[@jakerobert3118]

David Ellis you can always go lower I guess.

[@kelzuya]

@@jakerobert3118 You can always go to Russia

[@r.pres.4121]

They thought that Flint had hit rock bottom in 1989 after two decades of middle class flight to its suburbs. However the automotive industry just kept declining which has caused Flint to decline even further to the point of no return. I am surprised that Flint didn't go bankrupt just like Detroit.

[@kelzuya]

@Doctor Detroit Are red states not shit too? Your argument is very hollow. Surely there must be some other factors involved you havent thought of

[@kelzuya]

@Doctor Detroit I'm not american but anyone that makes a portamento of a party name and something silly is probably not a genius. Does your theory about demo-spastics hold up to analysis or is there similar dysfunctional republi-handicap states?

[@joe-joejones9116]

Looks like you riding looking at the damage after a tornado

[@ExploringWithJared]

Damn this one made me laugh 💀💀💀 crazy thing is a lot of the house look empty but it be people staying in them!

[@paytonmatzke9721]

Hey! Dis my hometown! Lol

[@jimthomas7594]

I grew up in one of these areas. Happy I was able to get out but i still have family there. The people are good people trying to make it but unfortunately the mayor and leaders are crooks

[@kylephillip6433]

Alot of Midwest cities have crooked politicians it sucks

[@ads45ful]

Thank you for producing a great video of the city of my roots. Good memories of times and travels growing up until my family moved away in the early 70's.

[@talktoeeem8826]

I was born in flint grew up in a rough neighborhood (Merrill Hood)area around Pasadena and DuPont and the poverty only getting worse but my grandma told me General Motors jobs is the reason she moved there back in the day but the good auto jobs are gone now. Nowadays it look like a ghost town.

[@julienbee3467]

Are there still many people living there ?

[@michellebattersby3243]

😪

[@99yearsago37]

Would u recommend me to move there?

[@talktoeeem8826]

E5A nah bro they dealing with water problems too I wouldn’t recommend it

[@ivornworrell]

@@talktoeeem8826 water problems? so how i spose to take a shit shave n shower, once a week! nah bro, they gatta do bedda than dat in Flint!

[@longdays3349]

I grew up in Flint, my whole life... this makes me sad 💔

[@amorris776]

Me too Jayne.

[@nuckymancini7013]

sad That is

[@suddenrebirth.]

𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵🤦🏾‍♂️

[@atroxarmy7239]

It is VERY sad I’m all the way in Texas and this is pissing me off! God forbid we refuse to let 30 Haitians die in a fucking earthquake or tsunami but fuck let this go down in our backyard! 👍 good job government. Land of the free. Psh!

[@brownbagz]

@Shondra Clemons Amen!

[@taymeeks1910]

My hometown! There are nicer area’s in Flint! Left many years ago! Still come home every year! Only Flintstones will understand 🤞🏽♥️🎯 #Born #Raised #Flint #Michigan

[@SuperEnslaved]

TayMeeks ! как сейчас жизнь?

[@buckfan1969]

I have a friend who grew up in Flint. He refers to the locals as 'Flintoids'...also wondering if Frank's Titty City is still open....

[@TheeManicPanic]

Agreed i didnt recognise a single house and a lot of flint is standing like the west side we have nice houses and even mansion in flint this only hight lighted a very small part of our community

[@taymeeks1910]

@@TheeManicPanic #facts 💯‼️

[@johngomez481]

THIS IS THE RESULT OF NO JOBS.....GOD BLESS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STUCK THERE.

[@GJ82220]

john gomez Thankyou

[@_________5015]

I live here bro its good place

[@Flatleava]

And no investments of government in this poor place so they don’t be forgotten , sad 😞

[@TheMeanArena]

The result of no jobs doesn't make you too lazy to pick up the trash in one's yard. If people don't want their neighborhood's to look like this, get up and do something. Clean it up.

[@TheMeanArena]

@@Flatleava Investment of what exactly? You invest, the people that turned it into what it looks like will just do it again. Why can't people go outside and start picking up the trash on the streets? It doesn't take a Mayor, Governor, Police etc. to do this. I'm sure the landlords just don't give a crap to invest in their buildings either when it is full of people that just tear shit up.

[@Pownow777]

Your videos have given me nothing but perspective CharlieBo,thank you.Happy & safe holidays bro💯💪🏾

[@alrayahalrehima6567]

Of the things that always leave me perplexed, the fact that even in the poorest hoods in the U.S. you would always see a "good" car in front of almost every house.
A car is a luxury in my country and always comes at the tail of priorities. But in America? Sheesh, you would see a lambo parked in front of a house that, from its mere ugliness, needs to be rebuilt from scratch!

[@julienbee3467]

Yes but not only in the US

[@r.pres.4121]

A nice car is literally the place where these poor working class people live in because of the dilapidated slums that have become unlivable.

[@julienbee3467]

@Doctor Detroit with that mentality they will never leave their hood

[@fridge6668]

This is because US social security doesn't include price of a car in eligibility criteria. In Germany if you own a car that cost more than 7500 euro you can't apply for welfare.

[@julienbee3467]

@@fridge6668 then they should do the same as Germany

[@YouBettaGetYouAhhJeniffer]

I still love my town. I haven't lived there for years but still pray for family and friends there. It's a lot of good people there that's just trying to survive and take care of their family. Im a true Flintstone ❤. I hope Santa blessed every house there.

[@CooManTunes]

LMAO! Idiots and their religious delusions. Wake up and smell the shit these people call 'home'. It's a pathetic sight of degradation.

[@jaybone2189]

Do you have ig baby?

[@cuckheadmcgee8490]

CooManTunes you’re a rich teenager living off your rich daddy shut up

[@850Blasian]

You are beautiful 😍

[@YouBettaGetYouAhhJeniffer]

@@850Blasian thank you💜

[@MilahanPhilosophersCorner]

You are a real journalist exposing our flaws. Keep up the good work fam.

[@kendalson7817]

Benton Harbor/St Joseph Michigan. The dichotomy between the two towns I used to find shocking. Just like how pretty the Michigan countryside is and how ugly the urban areas are. Merry Christmas Mr. Charlie.

[@RCmack]

Neighboring Grand Blanc is much prettier than Flint.
Merry Christmas to everybody on here! And a Happy New Year!

[@yungcoolie]

Doctor Detroit you mean the economics are different. Economics controls politics not the other way around.

[@lochnessamonster1912]

Doctor Detroit Type in “West Virginia poverty” and tell me that ain’t feral. Lmao

[@kendalson7817]

@Maserati Rick nothing wrong with Kalamazoo! Michigan has been going through a rough patch, but the people are very nice and I hope things pickup soon!

[@lochnessamonster1912]

Doctor Detroit Sure they do, more drug overdoses and dead people piling up from preventable disease than anywhere else. Must be a cultural thing
Oh, I see that white middle aged males account for 70% of all suicides. That must just be a cultural thing, too.

[@RaDuLe81]

charlie its winter time,i totaly loved your videos of new jersey when snow falling,snow day best video.salute from serbia

[@markbuchanan847]

Thank you for your recording and your remaining into that time/space. Remind me never to say "I think I have the night off". Ha ha. What a morning! We love you all, mox.

[@dong5097]

Thank you brother for all the footages you are doing. Some days i understand that i am lucky 🙏

[@stevee8318]

Best thing that could happen to neighborhoods like this is the city takes ownership of the abandoned buildings and demolishes them, turning the land into parks, farm fields, or just letting them return to nature.

[@TheBb6prelude]

Steve E I like the last idea best.

[@RCmack]

@@TheBb6prelude So do the big businesses that abandoned Flint. But they aren't willing to help pay to create parks in Flint and allow the area to 'return to nature'.

[@slidewayskenny6925]

This is what a city that’s mostly dependent on the government looks like

[@bullonwallstreet]

No, it's a city that was taken advantage of by big business and tossed away when done. Then came back again and most people working for that company lives on the outside of the city. It's just as much a corporate welfare country as it is welfare country.

[@RCmack]

@@bullonwallstreet Flint, MI is a symbol of capitalism failure. When big businesses can no longer profit in a certain town, they abandon it and leave it to rot. East Cleveland, OH is another symbol of capitalism failure. 100 years ago, East Cleveland was a high class town that the Rockefellers called home. Then as profits dropped, many wealthy folks in East Cleveland decided to leave. After the very wealthy left East Cleveland, it slowly began to rot and has evolved into another mess, similar to Flint. Socialist governments would never allow Flint and East Cleveland to deteriorate like this.

[@lochnessamonster1912]

Republicans can come in and hand out bootstraps for this community. That should help.

[@slidewayskenny6925]

@Jordan Simeone wake up sheep

[@lochnessamonster1912]

SlidewaysKenny I thought you go broke when you get woke, gaymer???

[@CanariasCanariass]

I wonder how this looked in the 70s or 80s, I bet it was a way better place. It's sad to see this.

[@jayhillrubis]

Happy Happy Christmas & New Year hols there Charlie Bo ... greetings and blessings from Ireland on this frosty clear crisp morning.
Admire your documentative work.
Love 💖🙏

[@osu612]

So grim. Those streets stretch out to the horizon.

[@douglaskasten4630]

Merry Christmas CharlieBo🎄

[@CharlieBo313]

Merry Christmas.

[@RCmack]

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to all the Flint people and everyone here! I hope 2020 is a better year for Flint residents, and everybody else.

[@FroggyFroggerAllesRoger]

I dont think 2020 get better because of Capitalism and Trump. Capitalism will grow and grow but the Ressources of our Planet are not endless.
Capitalism carries war like the cloud the rain.
Merry Christmas and good luck.
Greetings from Germany.

[@loosescrews2440]

@@FroggyFroggerAllesRoger Correct, being in Germany you can look in from the outside and clearly see the destruction of capitalism. On the inside people can't see it because they believe capitalism will benefit them. However, greed is the factor that keeps the wealthy wealthy while they suck the life from everything else and capitalism promotes greed.

[@lahoya32]

Have great holidays and thanks for your content.

[@simonmarshall19]

God bless the people who show there home pride

[@michaelforde4373]

I live I western ireland this is just incredible to watch what a waste of infrastructure....

[@bgl9935]

why do you watch this video?

[@Sureashellisntgoingtobemyemail]

@@bgl9935 Why does it matter why he watched the video?

[@michaelforde4373]

watched the Netflix flint series therein the reason why I watched the video ...hope this city recovers.

[@kylephillip6433]

In Ireland is their any cities that look like flint

[@michaelforde4373]

@@kylephillip6433 nothing like flint but a growing drug problem and brutal gangland killings in Dublin...

[@zen7025]

King 810 lyrics now seem a bit more realistic

[@yeeyee395]

Zen ya I know it’s actually kinda scary to think about what gos on there

[@meagenyoung1658]

I currently live in Flint, and though this video shows a lot of its downfall, it’s not this run down, zombie apocalypse looking city everywhere. It is my home and until you’ve actually been here and lived here, you wouldn’t understand it has beauty as well.
Is it slowly declining, yes, but some of us are actually trying to make it better.
This video makes it seem way worse than it is.

[@jschreiber790]

I agree there is beauty in flint. THE PEOPLE! I lived on dort highway and mlk near 5th avenue. It was super run down, was shot just walking down the street, was bleeding out at hurley for two hours, was part of the u of m flint violence study, was held up at gunpoint and offered crack more times than i can count. I am white from brighton mi so i know what privlige is like, yet i have never met more wonderful kind loving black and white and hispanic people in my life. They differently werent that awesome in brighton, grand rapids or in the U.P. where i currently live. Please write me back and tell me what you think. Thank you soooo much!

[@CallMeCheetos810]

I agree with Meagan. I recently moved from flint but I'll always love my city. I wouldn't change a thing about it. Some of my best memories in life are there.

[@ash4391]

@@jschreiber790 small world, I'm from Brighton too! 😊

[@ash4391]

@@jschreiber790 happy you're okay btw. And I agree that some of the most beautiful people come from the roughest places.

[@investorsexpress]

Meagen Young you should do video of what you think are the good areas of Flint city proper.

[@NOLA1991]

Just finished that Flint series on Netflix so this was perfect timing lol. Merry Christmas, Charlie. Be safe out there!

[@CharlieBo313]

Merry Christmas.

[@kevingadson9315]

Flint town yeah that was pretty good

[@maryyung1994]

Watching that series on Netflix the last few days. It really holds your interest. Feel sorry for the cops that have to police this town.

[@SandyzSerious]

Merry Christmas Charlie....we love you!

[@CharlieBo313]

Merry Christmas, appreciate the support.

[@pitlex6991]

It Looks very sad there. Like a Bad Dream..

[@thalleshoward3962]

My hometown destroyed. I left Flint in 81 we had 4 High schools now they are down to one. So sad.

[@timandjanasnightmare5966]

Me and my boyfriend Tim have been living here for the past 7 yrs. I was born here.. raised in Florida near Daytona beach but came back here to Flint in 1994. Raised my 4 kids here who are now all grown with families of their own. I attended Baker College with a college degree in business. We struggle like crazy but we make it by going day by day. We purchased a mobile home and are paying $270 a month. The park is pretty quiet and a nice neighborhood. It all don't look like this. There are some nice parts. But you just don't want to go out at night if you can help it. I don't go out at all by myself without my boyfriend. He is with me usually at all times.. he is protective. It is a poor city. There are not alot of shootings a few.. just have to watch your back and not be stupid!! Keep your wallet out of your back pocket, keep doors house and car locked all times, and watch your purse in the shopping cart.

[@nuckymancini7013]

This aint adding up (*fyi/jsy)

[@zaclloyd3441]

Whst kind of job do you have.. Is your park on bristol in burton?.. I can think of any decent parks in flint. Park by little Missouri is rough too

[@anatucker3806]

I go out at night alllll the time by myself at any hour i choose everybody isant struggling or afraid of the dark..my dude keeps his door unlocked all the time whn hes home no one bothers him..wht ur saying is not even tru maybe 4 u bcus ur scared but thats a person problem dnt put that off on the city..

[@timandjanasnightmare5966]

We have an online business "Pickled Barrel" at pickledbarrel.co and we make money through that store. It brings in enough for us for now. Plus my fiance has just started a business making homemade pipes and sells them. I lived on the East side for 6 years when my kids were growing up.. moved to Flushing and then on to Romulus which is a little bit from Detroit. I retired as a head teller of Chase Manhattan. I worked there many years. I attended Baker College just before landing my job at Chase. I moved from Romulus to Mount Morris in 2013 and then on to Flint off Atherton Rd and Dort Hwy where my fiance and I lived for a few years. Now we are living in a trailer park next to skateland in Mount Morris. It is quiet and the neighbors are nice here. We are hoping to sell our mobile home and get something nicer once we save up enough money. We are finding our way of making it and between the two of us... we will.

[@timandjanasnightmare5966]

I still watch my purse in the shopping cart and lock my doors. It is called common sense. My dad got mugged when he was taking the city bus about 7 yrs ago. I also got my firebird stolen right out of my driveway.. I didn't lock it. Dumb. These incidents both happened in Flint. But it could happen anywhere. This world is crazy. Not scared just cautious.

[@inTruthbyGrace]

This is what successful EUGENICS programs look like people! Where'd the poor people go?

[@rudywooders9602]

even Fred Flintstone would not live there

[@johnlewis6700]

Rudy Wooders Bedrock is a respectable commuter community!

[@solfiresuperhero6306]

I can't help that some of your videos like this one brings tears to my eyes. What a world we all live in that is corrupted, and messed up.
May my Almighty Holy Father and His Mighty and Holy Son come back very soon!

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

What has happened to these once great cities are also the Signs of the Times: Greed and Corruption.

[@karriemullaly9883]

Born and raised in flint , raised 4 kids in flint. It's sad. Looks like a war zone if you look at an aerial photo now and one from 15 yrs ago . Flint can be great again!

[@emiliofernandez7117]

Merry Christmas! What a joyful video 😂👍🏻❤️

[@r.pres.4121]

Emilio Fernandez It is horribly sad what has happened to most older northern US cities. First middle class fight to the suburbs than disastrous urban renewal to revitalize and rebuild than deindustrialization and finally abandonment and decay.

[@Johnny_Pballs]

At least someone actually showed the real hoods of FLINT. I always see downtown and relatively safe places.

[@firechick7381]

Thank you for showing everyone parts of Flint most people won't see. I grew up in Flint 50 years ago and I remember those neighborhoods when the homes were new and full of people. It makes me sad that a place that used to be so full of life now seems so lonely. Flint lived and died by General Motors. I hope a great and innovative leader will someday be able to breathe new life into that town. Everyone deserves to live in a happy and pretty place. Thank you for posting this video.

[@apseudonym]

those two people hugging in the street warmed my heart 💓

[@deathblowtb]

this place is so beautifil

[@altagraciamarte7708]

I imagine it renovated and sunshine shining through out the neighborhood. I see beyond the grim depressed gray look.

[@eriq54321]

I heard some 5 years ago the city switched from the Detroit water supply to the flint river water supply which was contaminated with lead in the water system at which caused a lot of effects to people health physically and mentally.

[@nuckymancini7013]

No that's every year (*and mad people have died from it)

[@vwalt6804]

eriq h there is a docomentary on Netflix about it, very interesting

[@miwdiva]

I live in Canada and I thank you for showing us these videos, so people can see the reality of middle America...Canada is far from perfect, but less extreme I,d say. I've been to Philadelphia a couple times and was kind of shocked by the poverty I saw there. And L.A, don't get started, parts of it look like a Third world country. Happy 2020 to you and yours!

[@PocketfullofDaisy]

Its the mind set of the people if they want to live like that leave them too it ..Merry Christmas Charlie Bo ..Thank you for your tour's 🎄

[@joe-joejones9116]

Yorkshire lass ...this shit is by design....they didn't land on Plymouth Rock...Plymouth rock landed on them

[@BoomHeadSh0tZz]

Grew up in flint my whole life breaks my heart seeing this

[@Camcadmommy]

It is very sad to see this. I was born and raised in flint. It Is so depressing every time I drive thru it.

[@seedsowersofisrael.4660]

1 thing I, can surely say about Charlie is that, he's really exposing all of #45's lies of claiming to have made this country a better place for all. Keep up the good work Charlie!

[@AdamBiggers81]

Flint has been like this since the Reagan era. Once GM bounced, the city went to hell.

[@seedsowersofisrael.4660]

@@AdamBiggers81 Damn. Smh..

[@latoyaguise560]

I'm a born an raised FLINTSTONE I'm not proud of what Flint has become but I am proud of the ppl who still are strong enough to life in Flint. I love my hometown but I know I couldn't live there anymore so I got me an my son out of there. I still have family there that I go back an see 4 to 5 times a yr. Flint lives do matter, God bless my hometown FLINT MICHIGAN ❤

[@thatgirl3999]

I live in Flint n yes it’s sad!!! These are the very poor parts of flint not all of flint look like this...We do have millions dollar houses in flint not a lot tho...If u can survive in flint u can survive anywhere in the world 🌍 U have to be a hustler so survive here...Happy Holidays!!!

[@tmoney2real134]

Thatgirl it look dead as fuck

[@johnnybravoBoyah]

Hustler? Or go just get a job works too

[@pianoman551000]

you're right! There are some really nice homes off Court street, Miller Road area. But the old East side between Robert T and Dort highway are nothing but bombed out houses.

[@thatgirl3999]

Johnny Bravo I’m not talking about selling drugs I’m saying hustle as in doing hair on the side or cutting grass etc...A hustler can make things happen I’m a hustler a go getter not a drug dealer...it’s not a lot of jobs around here at least none that will pay ur bills...anyways I wasn’t talking about a drug dealer smh 🤦‍♀️

[@thatgirl3999]

bach baroque Yes ur absolutely right! Nice houses over by Mott college too...my grandma stay over by Mott in a nice house...the Eastside nothing but druggies

[@SalamiStayFly]

Pretty sure Flint has the lowest property value in the US.. this shxt look like a Pubg map 😵

[@AuroraBoarder1]

Last I checked, you could rent a bungalow for $500 a month.

[@SalamiStayFly]

A A Q wow

[@SalamiStayFly]

BMF G0AT it’s honestly so sad

[@carlosmatos9848]

@@SalamiStayFly It is sad, the system has failed. I'm glad they got the situation under control and tightened up on quality control at the water treatment plants and are replacing old lead water lines but a lot of people are still advised to use water filters. In the USA I think everyone should have access to clean drinking water, at least for a supposed 1st world country anyway.

[@samie5856]

Pubg lmao dam. That's fucked up

[@a.d.walker3042]

I grew up in Flint and have so many memories. Many of my family members still lives there and I go back to visit every chance I get. I grew up in the area where this video was taken, which was where my great-grandmother use to stay. Pierson and Wilkins area.

[@SethHixie]

Finally. My home city. Been waiting on this one.

[@mookieknuckles1318]

The beginning of the film looks like old 'Atherton Terrace"

[@sausagefestcity5078]

African terrace you meant

[@d.calfredo962]

It is

[@mookieknuckles1318]

@Clemus Johnson thought so. We used call it "little Beirut "

[@rojorover1061]

It is

[@aslaammahdi3244]

@@mookieknuckles1318 and remember lebanon (the regencies)

[@alexanderadonyae7937]

Merry Christmas Charlie💯

[@marksmith2812]

I was born and raised here in Flint. I’m still here. What you show is the unfortunate side effect of General Motors

[@crystalcoleman8668]

I also grew up in Flint MI , spent 52 years there , went to Westwood Heights schools, (Hamady Hawk) Grad in 1980. Flint used to be the place to live back where the shops were going strong. People straight out of high school were getting jobs in the shop for $27 a hour , great benefits. its all a shame , I now live in FL, I would never go back to Genesee County , and have never been back. Very different here , and sunny.

[@dayonnaaa3482]

crystal coleman I go to hamady now I graduate in 2022

[@7back]

Always have hope..even santa passes by the hood.Happy Holidays everyone.
😎👍🎄

[@ddiamond090]

7 sbank 😃

[@d.c.d.c.8811]

Yeah except for a couple of families that got evicted on christmas eve 😬

[@TooMuchTemper]

Santa couldnt make it cus he got shot on mlk ave

[@Gtacasinoheist]

Turns out santa got robbed for his sleigh and gifts during the pass through

[@andrewyoung2796]

Took a shot at his reindeer

[@dbaldwin]

Abandoned apartment complexes that look decent on the outside. Damn!

[@krispiatek5718]

Im from Poland and im watching you chanel Poland vilige is really like detroit wisual sorry my english god job man

[@marybethhamner602]

MUCH LOVE IN FLINT
AND ITS GETTING BETTER EVERYDAY...
MUCH RESPECT ❤

[@lochnessamonster1912]

The capitalist endgame.

[@r.pres.4121]

Vanessa Costa This is the result of horrendously failed supply side/trickle down economics. Thank for nothing Reagan!

[@lochnessamonster1912]

R. Pres. Meanwhile, repubes will tell you Mexicans are coming to steal your job, while all the companies are moving the actual jobs to Mexico. Lmao The new NAFTA will make this even worse. And the Chinese trade deal they are saying won’t even be released for the public to see. Lol You’d have to be a real tool to keep towing that party line. ;)

Flint has been run by liberal's for 40 year's lol Reagan?lmao blameing white folks won't change this shit hole unless you change your votes and boot these libs out of office...Clinton is the reason jobs left yet y'all still vote for these clowns...

[@tlome8033]

+John Robinson Then the democrat house sits on the renegotiated NAFTA trade deal for almost a year while manufacturing gains stall and does everything they can to stop the China deal.

[@lochnessamonster1912]

John Robinson Reagan/liberals, the same neoliberal economic forces he mentioned are what has lead to the decline in Flint, just as they have across the entire US.
The first GM plant was opened under a separate entity in 1880 and the last one to close happened in 1999. This was after Reagan’s policies caused it to start changing hands in 1984. It went on to have Canadian ownership for the next three years, and was passed from company to company after that, until its eventuality.
Monopolization and reliance on capital created from a dwindling manufacturing base, along with policies that encourage profit maximization, at the lowest point of value of labor is what caused Flint to die off. But, hey, it’s easier to just point a finger at one of our two political parties to fit your narrative, instead of looking at the entire picture, under our economic system.

[@MrBillybathgate5]

Spooky looks like resident evil

[@robertallen6710]

Has to do with people's attitudes about themselves and their properrty....I don't give a SHIT about the way I look...

[@TimC19]

This Dizzy Wright Territory right here. Much love to bro and everyone who made it out the hood! Hope they get their water fixed and everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

[@Cheeseandricehimself420]

Isn’t dizzy Wright from Vegas?

[@TimC19]

I think hes originally from flint, MI. Now he's in Vegas livin it up.
Could be mistaken tho

[@Cheeseandricehimself420]

Shit you right

[@willblast8929]

Bad water , jobs vanished , not many life attracting qualities , but cheap land is always a goal when homelessness is at an all time high , Los Angeles native here who will live anywhere to get away from all these mescans and $1500 1 bedroom apt rent

[@venividivicichannel]

In the same boat, it's horrible.

[@kevinamaya9034]

What’s a mescans?

[@SensitiveShellCollector]

Kevin Amaya Mexican

[@OwenGilmoreOG]

Good point. Hell, they'd be THRILLED to get a $1500 1BR; prices in LA haven't hit SF Bay Area level ($3K for 1BR), but pretty close

[@njmario281]

Go back to africa.

[@rockislandmodeler6802]

A lot of those houses need to be leveled. Sad, it looks like a 3rd world country.

[@fridge6668]

Houses in 3rd world are very small , these ones are pretty big and have all utilities.

[@RCmack]

Some of these houses might sell for less than $10,000. I would say these would be good starter homes, but a lot of them are in horrible shape and need lots of work. Other homes shown here are in such bad condition, they should be torn down.

[@r.pres.4121]

R McElhaney Who in their right mind would want to buy and invest in these horribly deteriorated neighborhoods. Plus violent crime is rampant in Flint making it one of the deadliest cities in the US.

[@dalejohnson6439]

Mainly, renovating and redeveloping a new water system.

[@TerriDelgado]

Man, I remember playing in some of those streets as a kid. I never really pass by them anymore since I work out of Flint now.

[@Sureashellisntgoingtobemyemail]

"Some ghosts won't even follow me where I go."
-Yavid

[@57willie6]

WINTER FROM LOOKS OF THINGS, ALL THE DRIVING AND NOT A DOZEN OF PEOPLE SEEN.! GOTTA BE THE WEATHER.! HIDING FROM THAT COLD....

[@cassandracoles3478]

The land that time forgot. So many bordered up homes and run down neighborhoods. Very depressing.

[@quintonwilson6781]

Yes it is but I hope your doing well in life

[@yayavossy2034]

Is it still that way today 2021?

[@AcesizOfficial]

Great video g 🇬🇧

[@brandonbutchart5576]

Merry Christmas Charlie!

[@user-gb6kz6qd3u]

ну и где адепты каркасного строительства которые утверждают что такие дома могут стоять столетиями без особого ухода и ремонта? каждый год постоянный и нескончаемый ремонт или через 10 -15 лет без присмотра только снос

[@rachelpatterson1225]

It's like the place has been forgotten by local government...no road markings, no discernible kerbs, few road signs, very little street lighting, no rubbish collection (mind you, trashy people fly tipping is the cause). It's like there's no joy or colour there. What a shame for the residents. I don't know the US system for local government, but why isn't anything being done to improve the roads, or general outlook? I suppose hardship also leads to a lack of pride.

[@LexiconDevilOne]

Ramona Tortie
Because the cities here rely on taxes to pay for those things. People here are takers of taxes (benefit collectors.) They aren’t putting in a contribution to pay for fixing problems.

[@lochnessamonster1912]

Like red states who add nothing to our tax pool, across the country? The real reasons are waste and misuse, underpaid workers, and a system rigged to funnel money to the top. Last assessment, Michigan as a whole generated 348 billion in taxes, yet spend 5% more per capita than states like Indiana, next to it. Our entire system is designed to subsidize companies and the war machine. We just spent 1.4 trillion as a country to do such, for just one year. Combine that with a shrunken tax base, because 50% of Americans live on 18,000 or less a year (receiving tax handouts, instead of paying into the system) and it gives you a clearer picture than the one the idiot above is painting.

[@LexiconDevilOne]

Vanessa Costa
I live in California, the bluest state of all. You’re full of shit. There’s more people TAKING a check from the government, than giving one. Cities like this aren’t overflowing with the 1%.

[@Spartan1719]

Literally fallout 3

[@sdfgsdfg9549]

No offence but the first thing comes to mind after seeing the streets is Z nation or Walking Dead.

[@robertallen6710]

..that's real valuable..

[@jaclynrichmond1049]

That's exactly how it feels driving through those areas.

[@COInTexas]

Any plans to come to Florida? Plenty to see in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville.

[@412hwc]

soo this is what top authority was talkn bout when they said they was playing with a half decc.

[@immaculatetechnique7306]

Born and raised in the U.K. but my mother lived in Flushing from 79-84 and worked as a typist for Flint PD. Some of the stuff she typed up during murder statements etc was wild.

[@deerfish3000]

My stepdad used to be a cab driver in Flint. He said there were areas in the North end where they would absolutely refuse to drive to. Too many drivers were being robbed at gun point, himself included, so they refused service to those areas. I'm surprised he never got shot.