America Abandoning Urban Infrastructure!

Nick and I driving around the East side of Flint, MI and talking about economic decline and how it affects neighborhoods.

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• Renewal
• economic
• decline
• landscape
• city
• urban
• Flint
• Michigan
• economy

[nukeman444]

Yes, in that neighborhood? Of course you're carrying.

[DEMCAD]

@nukeman444 I carry in every neighborhood.

[scifi75]

Good stuff, Demcad. I live south of you in Taylor, and although it pales in comparison to the heartache that is Flint, I am seeing the same devastation. It's more recent here but the abandoned homes and businesses are alarming. Up until the late 90's Taylor was on a rebound but it has all but vanished as the small manufacturing jobs here went over to China. I am simply amazed that most people refuse to blame Reagan era (and Democratic supported) policies for starting this alarming trend.

[DEMCAD]

@scifi75 Well, Clinton signed NAFTA and GATT, so there's plenty of blame to go around.

[a10fjet]

If you havent been to Africa, youre not a fuckin african american. I originated from europe but i dont call myself a european american.

[DEMCAD]

@a10fjet You can call yourself what ever you want, but that doesn't make it true.

[ozarkmac]

Poverty knows no color.

[zq926]

If you don't hate your government, then you don't love your life.

[MegaPresa]

good vid looks alot like where i live in buffalo ny

[Rheacat1]

It does beg the question, where is everyone ? Where did the people go?

[HaphazardCrappola]

Man the land must be cheap! People in flint should start doing business without paying taxes :3 Supermarkets running off the books anyone?

[rdavian]

wow looks like  westside an southside chicago to me.

[Lonewolf3000X]

The first thing this reminded me of was a Mc Breed song from the 90's,thats all I know about Flint.Damn this as bad as Detroit.Keep preppin and keep safe Bro.

[anglco0861]

it looks like Gary IN. the 1st time I went there I thought someone had nuked it and no one ever heard about it, all that was left was strip joint and liquor stores, and a KFC.

[bee13zz]

Very haunting and depressing. The residential "driveways to nowhere" quietly whisper of better times and the now silent lots bear stark contrast to a neighborhood once filled with playing children and families striving for a better life.

The utter decay of this east-side Flint neighborhood represents the putrefaction that is taking hold of many parts of the nation. We should take heed of this imagery.