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Flint Expatriates
http://www.flintexpats.com
A blog for the long-lost residents of Flint, Michigan that offers everyone lessons on what happens when a fun-loving, hard-drinking factory town runs headlong into America's deindustrialization. Sad, tragic, defiant, and hilarious
- Added on: Jul 29th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: geewhy
- Listed in: Culture Cultural
- Tags: drinking crime Nostalgia urban planning car culture dindustrialization
Recent Posts
Powers Catholic Turns 40
Powers High School, the setting for many excellent adventures, has reached middle age. Melissa Burden of The Flint Journal reports:Tuition was $450 when the ninth- through 12th-grade school opened its doors in 1970. Today, the cost is $7,200 a studen...
The Mystery of the House and the Factory
Can you name this street and this factory?Tell us where to find this room with a view.Where's this house?So you think you know Flint? Expatriate and current New Yorker Shawn Chittle has offered up a challenge to readers. These screen shots were taken...
Flint Car Buffs in the Desert
What does a Flint Expatriate like Jeff Stork do when he moves to Palm Springs? He starts a blog called the Palm Springs Automobilist, of course.Update: Believe it or not, there's a website devoted to the Chevette Sandpiper like the one Jeff is workin...
Flint Video: Goodbye, Central High
Goodbye, Central High from Dude! (ironic) Productions on Vimeo.For more material on the Flint Central High School farewell gathering on June 12, 2009, go here....
Mark Ingram and the Heisman
Want to help Flint Southwestern's Mark Ingram win the Heisman Trophy? Go here and cast your vote....
Buick City: From Cars to Copper
What's left of Buick City is still producing revenue...for copper thieves.Ron Fonger of The Flint Journal reports:The thefts are just an asterisk in the long history of the sprawling Buick City complex on Flint's North Side, where only a few hundred ...
