I wanted to see what Flint looks like, so I dropped the little yellow streetview guy randomly. I ended up on Asylum Street (!). I'm at a loss for words:
To me, there's something really heartbreaking about abandoned and decaying houses. It's all too easy to imagine the hopes and dreams that didn't play out they way they should have.
https://goo.gl/maps/UuPPKQK5MoF2
https://goo.gl/maps/KunFSxxRFWA2
https://goo.gl/maps/yg1NH6ZMkFJ2
https://goo.gl/maps/xVi2n8muHV32
https://goo.gl/maps/pAQEyZSAEw92
https://goo.gl/maps/ssGZRAdiQak (memorial garden?)
https://goo.gl/maps/B2waNiVfeut
https://goo.gl/maps/8Wx2gQ6z8up
https://goo.gl/maps/nAY5Kb73PkM2
https://goo.gl/maps/kTqzqGXQqmF2
https://goo.gl/maps/xWkvXRdACWR2
As a Swede, I guess I didn't really realize how bad things really got in parts of the US. The last 50 years is just one crisis after another for this place: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint%2C_Michigan#History
To me, there's something really heartbreaking about abandoned and decaying houses. It's all too easy to imagine the hopes and dreams that didn't play out they way they should have.