Left and won't go back
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7/12/2006
Let's face it folks, Flint is a dying city. There aren't enough people left who truly care nor who could make a difference. I left in 1987 and will not be back. I have family there who tell me all the time of the terrible things they read in the paper. Crime is rampant, drug use it widespread, homelessness abounds. Genesee County is one of the most racially divided areas in the nation. Flint is mostly black and the suburbs mostly white, and the two groups do NOT interacte with each other most of the time.
General Motors has abandoned it's birthplace and has barely looked back over it's shoulder since doing so. The fact is Flint lost 50,000 to 60,000 (that's thousands folks) good paying GM jobs between 1970 and 1990. If that happend in any other city of 200,000 or less, the same thing would happen there. Don't get me wrong, I have fond memories of how Flint used to be. However, I don't see anyone or anything on the horizon that can help this downtrodden place.
Jack | Lansing, MI