Burton, Michigan Is An OK Flint Suburb.

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  • @ChrisHarden
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  • @robertbishop5357
    @robertbishop5357 Рік тому +5

    My grandfather was a GM executive that lived in flint Michigan. He ran Buick before he became president of GM. I miss his house. It was built during the great depression while he was running AC Delco.

  • @bobwallace9814
    @bobwallace9814 Рік тому +12

    Back in the day, that Southmoor Golf club had a large upscale bar/club that featured bands of that era every Friday and Saturday night. That huge parking lot would be packed.

    • @bobwallace9814
      @bobwallace9814 Рік тому +4

      The name of that club was.....the Sand Trap.

    • @synthonaplinth5980
      @synthonaplinth5980 Рік тому +1

      Back in the eighties the golf bar had a burrito that was so spicy it would put hair on your chest.

  • @staciebarndweller774
    @staciebarndweller774 Рік тому +6

    At 1:02 timestamp you are looking at the house where "Michael Moore" got his start. He ran and edited a small local newspaper from that house.

  • @KelleyApparel
    @KelleyApparel Рік тому +7

    Love this flint area tour videos! live in texas now, but i never forget home flintstone 4 life

  • @Nik.No.K
    @Nik.No.K Рік тому +5

    I’ve lived in burton for a few years, right on the border of flint and I can confirm, it’s okay

  • @calebyourmaster
    @calebyourmaster 5 місяців тому +1

    This was such an awesome blast from the past. Thank you for these videos!

  • @scotthansel1228
    @scotthansel1228 Рік тому +5

    I was just enjoying your video, and saw my sister's "compound" on Term Street (18:43). Their property borders the failed housing complex. Hence the compound. This area of Flint brings back lots of memories. Not the least of which the Paramount Potato chip factory on Lippincott.
    Thanks for the memories!

  • @GazeldaS
    @GazeldaS Рік тому +4

    I grew up in South Burton in the 70s and graduated from Bendle in the early 80s. It was a great place to grow up. I was near the high school. The schools were great back then.

    • @jKLa
      @jKLa Рік тому

      The area is still overwhelmingly white but is now a crime ridden slum, called "Burtucky" by some though it's not an Appalachian enclave. It's just an area of low income white urban Yankees lol!

    • @johnhatchel9681
      @johnhatchel9681 11 місяців тому

      They are good schools. I went to Dillon Elementary which I believe is in the Carman Ainsworth district.

  • @lisas946
    @lisas946 Рік тому +6

    Thank you Chris, this is my old stomping grounds. A small correction - it's the Atherton Wolverines, not Bears. I gotta represent, ya know? Anyway, sad fact, the "less desirable area you spoke of is often referred to as "Burtucky". They have an annual Burtucky Days festival too. Gotta love that.

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому

      Thanks, that should be fixed soon.
      And Burtucky Days is a real thing? You have to be kidding me 😂😂🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @lisas946
      @lisas946 Рік тому +2

      @ChrisHarden Absolutely. They even have a Facebook page

    • @battokizu
      @battokizu Рік тому

      Well the captains quarters has it posted every year, thats the only reason I knew it was a thing. As bas as burton could be, its like 10% highly concentrated in one spot and the 90 or so percent thats basically not an issue. Like I coulf walk all over the area and would feel safe walking at 4 in the morning because most people are working class that keep to themselves.

    • @michaelcap9550
      @michaelcap9550 7 місяців тому

      Grove City, OH is referred to as Grovetucky.

  • @lavapix
    @lavapix Рік тому +2

    Hemphill rd has a lot of potholes.
    Cliff Clavin little known fact. That park is 116 acres and Kilauea volcanoes latest eruption had a 300-acre lava lake at the summit. The size of that park puts it into perspective.

  • @septemberreign4806
    @septemberreign4806 Рік тому +4

    Burtucky people enjoy their freedom, as evident by the many dispensaries, and gun stores that are in close proximity.. I settled in Grand Blanc in 1993, and have worked in Burton since 2000.

    • @misterhobson
      @misterhobson Рік тому

      Probably the most decent and relaxed police force in the nation too.

  • @noahcocke7071
    @noahcocke7071 Рік тому +1

    Burton was township of Flint until 1972 when it became a city bro. Nice video. I was born in Flint Hurley Hospital raised in the Little Missouri section of Burton. Now called Burtucky. Lol

  • @tr313323
    @tr313323 Рік тому +4

    Did you miss "The Dancing Sandwiches" while in Burton? BJ's Bar

  • @kimkelly-kline3768
    @kimkelly-kline3768 Рік тому +2

    Thanks Chris for the memories..I had a little house in Burton from 2016-2020 then had to move back Downriver to Riverview to take care of Mom..I was in the Saginaw/Bristol/Hemphill area..you went right by my Street,which was adjacent to the McD's on Saginaw.I liked it there,my little neighborhood was quiet and I had some Great Neighbors...I'll never forget Burtucky..lol My Brother lives in Grand Blanc off of Center Rd..nice area there.

  • @endicot1949
    @endicot1949 Рік тому +1

    Moved to Burton Twp in 1953 (my parents built a house in a small development between Lapeer Rd and Lippincott a few blocks west of Belsay Rd). The Christian school on Belsay Rd near Lapeer Rd was the original Bentley School (K-12). Moved to Grand Blanc in 1958.

  • @ronmorgan5237
    @ronmorgan5237 Рік тому +1

    Grew up in the Bentley area but left for the Navy in 1970. Always considered Burton to be home but learned more from your video than I ever knew. Well done.

  • @anm124
    @anm124 Рік тому +3

    Please do a video on flint township. also keep up the good work. Love your videos!!

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому +3

      I’ll have one soon!

    • @anm124
      @anm124 Рік тому

      @@ChrisHarden this made my day !! thank you !!

  • @williamalexander7512
    @williamalexander7512 Рік тому +3

    I think it was ih the early 70s Burton changed from Township to City status.
    Again thanks for all the time and work you have put into these videos. Bill

    • @michaelcap9550
      @michaelcap9550 6 місяців тому

      More like mid to late 70's. Relatives lived on Covert Rd and sewer lines were installed to replace septic systems.

  • @anthonyholder1431
    @anthonyholder1431 Рік тому +3

    Good accurate job on Burton Chris

  • @Gravyballs2011
    @Gravyballs2011 Рік тому +12

    Aka "Burtucky" by some

  • @45AMT
    @45AMT Рік тому +2

    The closer you get to Flint the more Burton looks like Flint. Great video Chris!

    • @jKLa
      @jKLa Рік тому

      Except that it's still overwhelming white, -but now a crime ridden run down inner suburban white slum!

  • @mommyquackquack1825
    @mommyquackquack1825 Рік тому +3

    Hope that Meijer has security guards now. My friend got a broken shoulder and arm from having her purse ripped off her body. She wasn't the only person that it happened too. Paul's Coney island used to be good w/a 2.99 breakfast and. 99c Coney's. Goodwill had a nice store there too next to GFS. Back when Courtland mall down the road was active. Days gone bye. Did you stop at starlite? Further down center road.

  • @synthonaplinth5980
    @synthonaplinth5980 Рік тому

    My parents' old house was in Grand Blanc Township, just down the road from Burton. They moved out in the late eighties becasue there was apartment complex on the other side of the creek from them and they always heard sounds of kids fighting.

  • @cmarkbrown6549
    @cmarkbrown6549 4 місяці тому

    To the right of Lippincott after you turned left off Center Road, there's some small neighborhood streets, one is called Evergreen Parkway, at that corner were two small buildings that at one time were single classroom schools......I went to the one that was at that main intersection, then the corner where the second one is located is cornered with the street that I grew up in the 60s & early 70s before I moved to Davison in 1972......sadly, that old neighborhood on Providence Street has really gone down hill since I left......used to miniature golf next to Southmoor @ Tropical Falls......sad indeed to see it go......had you gone just past the Center Road/Lippincott Blvd. on the Center Road side, you would have turned left onto a small side street called Providence Street......I grew up in the 60s about 2 blocks down that street @ the corner of Providence & Dexter......

  • @iflick7235
    @iflick7235 Рік тому +2

    "Burton, Michigan Is An OK Flint Suburb." Have you been to Burton, Michigan in this millennium? This is one of the most blighted slums in the United States. Flint and surrounding neighborhoods are considered some of the most dangerous in the Western Hemisphere for cities of less than 100,000. In 2012, the murder rate in Flint, Michigan reached nearly 1 in 100! Steer a wide course around this place folks.

  • @misterhobson
    @misterhobson Рік тому +2

    The area you were in when you said you were now in Bendle district is still Atherton. Once you cross Dort you're in Bendle district.

  • @TravisWalker1980
    @TravisWalker1980 Рік тому +3

    How does this guy know more about my home city than I do?!

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому +2

      Haha well if you knew about the Burtucky Festival you're one step ahead of me.

    • @TravisWalker1980
      @TravisWalker1980 Рік тому +2

      @@ChrisHarden It's Burtucky Days, and there is a parade and everything. The organizer of the event used to be my landlord (and my wife's boss)

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому

      @@TravisWalker1980 Only reason I know about it now is through your comments and others. Wish I knew about it before to include it.

  • @jerrydemain2346
    @jerrydemain2346 Рік тому +1

    thanks for taking us with you !

  • @superstarcat7654
    @superstarcat7654 11 місяців тому

    Burton has a Menards and Walmart, I think. I am unsure of the exact town borders but the us 23 drive in movie theater has family friendly movies all summer.
    Don’t forget Luckys Steakhouse. On the west side of flint is the best ‘secret’ airport where you can get great connections to major cities without the long wait lines.

    • @ennarrghhh
      @ennarrghhh 8 місяців тому

      Burton has a Wal-Mart, Menard's is in Davison and U23 is in Flint. Lucky's is in Davison and Bishop Airport is in Flint.

  • @tonyg3573
    @tonyg3573 3 місяці тому

    The company I worked for rebuilt most the porches and sidewalks in Evergreen Regency back in the early 80's. Even back then we had to carry "protection" because of so much violence. It was a very long summer.

  • @irongrl
    @irongrl Рік тому +2

    Hi Chris, I'm really enjoying your videos. Have you done one on Birmingham, MI? I think that would be a good one.

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому +3

      Thanks, that would be good but no, I haven’t done much on the Detroit Burbs yet. One day I’ll make videos on them

  • @CarnivoreNomad
    @CarnivoreNomad Рік тому +1

    I would be interested to know the ratings and grades of the school districts over the last 20 years. Because I feel like Burton school were ranked higher before all the Flint Schools closed down and those kids had to start going to schools in the "suburbs"

  • @jKLa
    @jKLa Рік тому +1

    It's interesting that Flint declined so badly early on as a region that you now have older "inner suburbs" bordering Flint that have been stable or declining for decades now but are still in large part rural to semi rural communities, with just a few more prosperous outer suburbs to the south and east, and then a semi affluent rural to semi-rural/barely suburban rung around the Genesee county periphery.

  • @JDSly1
    @JDSly1 Рік тому

    I have relatives in Burton. You drove right past their place on Kleinpell.

  • @justingardner7927
    @justingardner7927 Рік тому +1

    I really want to see a video of Swartz creek

  • @williamscottjr2385
    @williamscottjr2385 Рік тому +1

    I love the videos. God bless you.

  • @charleshatmaker4425
    @charleshatmaker4425 Рік тому

    My girlfriend is from Michigan her sister lives in Michigan right now west of Detroit Great thanks for sharing

  • @ThePlayer442
    @ThePlayer442 Рік тому +2

    Accurate depiction of burton . Great job

  • @dwstevo25
    @dwstevo25 Рік тому

    Drove right by my house. Moved here in 2020 right before covid. Lippincott and Belsay is a nice and quiet neighborhood throughout

  • @shadoejones3288
    @shadoejones3288 Рік тому

    Just past my son’s old house. Grew up on East side but very close to a lot of ppl from Kearney and my dad lived off lapeer & Belsay

  • @basicinfo.9315
    @basicinfo.9315 Рік тому +4

    My aunt works at the processing center. She spends most of her shift removing (Made in China) stickers and labels. At least that's what she told me.

    • @Average_Pleb
      @Average_Pleb Рік тому +1

      I remember a few years ago when that was built. Still kinda think it’s crazy how big it is.

    • @ThePlayer442
      @ThePlayer442 Рік тому +3

      I heard from a worker there the same story.

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому +2

      Interesting

    • @Henry_Jones
      @Henry_Jones Рік тому +3

      I bet thats all shes allowed to do. Union work rules, its what crippled the us automakers.

  • @shannonpremo6640
    @shannonpremo6640 Рік тому +1

    The mascot for Atherton schools is the wolverine and not the bear that was stated in the video.

  • @AlexanderWaylon
    @AlexanderWaylon Рік тому

    “South” Burton looks to have some real estate investment opportunities. Not entirely sure, but I bet there is a huge price window for simple houses in Burton.

  • @bootsdocsandconspiracies6589
    @bootsdocsandconspiracies6589 Рік тому +1

    Is this a Michigan thing the street lights hanging of top of the roads instead of along the roads?

  • @syencer1
    @syencer1 Рік тому +1

    I live in Burton and my kids go to Davison schools so there are 5 schools that service Burton

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому

      Interesting. So many school districts 🙃

    • @syencer1
      @syencer1 Рік тому

      @@ChrisHarden yes, I live on Bristol Rd by Vassar, it switches from Atherton to Davison school district, I think it is Hazel St. But it is Burton until the East side of Vassar Rd.

  • @charleshatmaker4425
    @charleshatmaker4425 Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing keep it up

  • @waltermeerschaert
    @waltermeerschaert Рік тому +2

    Looks just like Troy in the 60s and 70s.

  • @michaelcap9550
    @michaelcap9550 6 місяців тому

    26:07 Saginaw St. The Sunset Blvd of Flint.

  • @thesarcasticelf
    @thesarcasticelf Рік тому +1

    22:30 i always call that place the “weed store” lol

  • @NOTANNAB311A
    @NOTANNAB311A 5 місяців тому

    I used to go to atherton and it sucked the band teacher aka jerry cutting got arrested for dating a 14 year old, and the school had to get shut down for a week because of threats all in 1 month

  • @markscott5421
    @markscott5421 3 місяці тому

    This area looks typical for cities that lose manufacturing jobs, I grew up in Merrillville IN and once the steel mills started layoffs, Gary IN has gone dead, and Merrillville kind of looks like this town with it's okay area's and ones that show urban blight.

  • @fayeart5277
    @fayeart5277 Рік тому

    Lived in Burton for year's and also, owned a video store there (Home Video Gallery) for 17 year's. Loved it there, the people were great.

    • @rockystelone21
      @rockystelone21 Рік тому

      Was that located on center and Atherton road?

    • @fayeart5277
      @fayeart5277 Рік тому +1

      @@rockystelone21 corner of Belsay and Lapeer Rd.

    • @rockystelone21
      @rockystelone21 Рік тому

      @@fayeart5277 ok

    • @ennarrghhh
      @ennarrghhh 8 місяців тому

      Omgosh! I'd love to do a Q&A!

  • @stevecromwell4536
    @stevecromwell4536 Рік тому +1

    Burton was a rip but they voted to become a city to keep Flint from constantly grabbing their lan. The largest business district is along Saginaw street.

  • @tonywestvirginia
    @tonywestvirginia 5 місяців тому

    The Dollar Tree in what was a Kmart.

  • @krisfrederick5001
    @krisfrederick5001 Рік тому +2

    "The Burbs"

  • @brucewilliams359
    @brucewilliams359 Рік тому

    I lived in Burton. Not bad. Puzzlers Pub great bar!

  • @doogiejames5763
    @doogiejames5763 Рік тому +3

    I live in burton but refuse to except the "burtukey" label lol

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому

      🤣

    • @jKLa
      @jKLa Рік тому

      Makes sense actually. The poor and crime ridden run down part of Burton is overwhelmingly white but it has nothing to do with Kentucky. It's not an Appalachian enclave or anything. There are low income whites in largely smaller or lower density semi- concentrations through the country, though many very large metropolitan areas don't have such places anymore or if they do they are few in number and generally on the far outskirts. Smaller to mid size cities and their suburbs often have them in relative abundance on the other hand.

  • @justingardner7927
    @justingardner7927 Рік тому +1

    I used to hang out in Burton. There are worse places to spend time

  • @ASTR0SHORTS
    @ASTR0SHORTS Рік тому

    Never thought my house would be on youtube but it is💀

  • @Jokez_PvZ
    @Jokez_PvZ Рік тому

    As someone who was born and raised in Burton, i can tell ya its not great, but its better than nothing

  • @FredWells-lc4yw
    @FredWells-lc4yw Рік тому

    Where is the house I won please give information on that.

  • @Ruffi0
    @Ruffi0 Рік тому +2

    Burton throwing shade at Flint and doesn’t even have a downtown lol 😂

    • @Ruffi0
      @Ruffi0 Рік тому +1

      But they do have a halo burger so I’m torn 😂

    • @KelleyApparel
      @KelleyApparel Рік тому +1

      @@Ruffi0 halo burger is my fav fast food place

    • @hughjhardon8080
      @hughjhardon8080 Рік тому

      To me Burton will ALWAYS be Burton Township. A shithole you had to drive through to get from Flint to Grand Blanc.

  • @FredWells-lc4yw
    @FredWells-lc4yw Рік тому

    I need to move fast help a brother out.

  • @amendtheman
    @amendtheman Рік тому

    Recognize so much in this vid

  • @battokizu
    @battokizu Рік тому

    He passes thru the davsion meijer, slanders it. Passes by the center road meijer, it doesn't exist. This man HATES meijer with a burning passion.

  • @gordonwalker8003
    @gordonwalker8003 4 місяці тому

    To be a down town Burten mi . On s. Saginaw Street you live in the 60 s

  • @user-tu5qh5wi8r
    @user-tu5qh5wi8r Рік тому +7

    Burtucky!

  • @MrTaeDaniel
    @MrTaeDaniel Рік тому

    Dude Atherton is my bosses last name 💀.

  • @GazeldaS
    @GazeldaS Рік тому +1

    Did anyone else grow up pronouncing Hemphill as Hemp Hill and not Hemp Phil?

  • @patriceedwards9803
    @patriceedwards9803 Рік тому +1

    Bentley HS class of 1981!!!

  • @ASTR0SHORTS
    @ASTR0SHORTS Рік тому

    My House And School💀

  • @aligrotts6400
    @aligrotts6400 Рік тому +1

    I moved to Burton 6 years ago to get away from Flint's east side. Now I'm looking to run away from Burton for the same reason.

  • @tonysmith6049
    @tonysmith6049 Рік тому

    Just to let you know, Kearsley school systems are in Genesee Township/Flint Michigan not Burton and Kyle Kuzma attended Atherton also plus many other schools before going to the NBA. He just doesn’t list all the schools he attended. Plus you mentioned that you were in the Bendle school district when you were on Kleinpell and Hemphill Road before getting to Dort hwy you are not that is still Atherton schools you were not in Bendle till you get on the west side of a Dort Highway

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому

      The schools in the kearsley school district are in Genesee Twp. However if you look at a map you’ll see that the school district stretches into Burton. I don’t know Kyle Kuzma personally so I can’t speak for him.

    • @tonysmith6049
      @tonysmith6049 Рік тому

      The Kearsley schools are listed as Flint schools they’re not part of any of the Burton schools and I do know Kyle personally he attended Atherton schools with my son

    • @tonysmith6049
      @tonysmith6049 Рік тому

      And I don’t know if you showed it in your second episode, but you referred to as Bendle having the lowest grade as far as the schools in Burton but they by far have the nicest high school in the area

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому

      @@tonysmith6049 never said that Kearsley was apart of Burton schools. I said that the Kearsley school district serves areas of Burton. I know that personally too because it says on a map. The Bendle school district is the lowest rated school district in all of Burton. It’s true, and it’s ok that it’s true.

    • @tonysmith6049
      @tonysmith6049 Рік тому

      My comment Bendle is out of the three schools that serve Burton, Bentley, Atherton, and Bendle Bendle by far has the nicest high school because they had a brand new school built back in 2008

  • @brayntodd9572
    @brayntodd9572 4 місяці тому

    Sued them for $50,000

  • @mynameismyname.967
    @mynameismyname.967 Рік тому +1

    Nobody considers Burton a Suburb of Flint, Burton is just as bad as Flint crime and drug wise. Most of the dispensaries we have are in Burton. Suburbs are Grand Blanc area.

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  Рік тому

      Everyone considers Burton a suburb of Flint just as much as Grand Blanc is considered to be one.

    • @jaquelin1887
      @jaquelin1887 Рік тому

      A suburb is just basically a smaller place outside of a main one, so yes Burton is a suburb of Flint, as is Clio or Swartz Creek or Flushing or Davison, etc…

    • @jKLa
      @jKLa Рік тому

      Burton is a suburb if Flint. It's actually still quite a bit less poor and crime ridden then Flint overall so no, it's not just as bad though it is a declining community with a pretty bad area. That poor crime ridden area of Burton is mostly white btw!

  • @tonyaegan2480
    @tonyaegan2480 Рік тому +1

    Also known as Burtucky.

  • @anthonymiller2546
    @anthonymiller2546 5 місяців тому

    No its not

  • @tamarastacey9399
    @tamarastacey9399 4 місяці тому

    Is there a reason you keep pronouncing Fenton wrong? 😡

  • @josephbourassa7275
    @josephbourassa7275 8 місяців тому +1

    Better known as Burtucky