I Drove Through The Worst Parts Of Flint, Michigan. This Is What I Saw.

[@NickJohnson]

Here's my entire Unboxing America Series: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6yqgM1vGG305six5T7dqGURF

[@evilchaperone]

I'm a born and raised Flintstone. You were in the "middle class" hood my brother. Jump in a car with me if we want to see the real ghetto. This drive was actually refreshing to me. hahaha...

[@jonhammer7109]

Maybe it's best where he went. Cars do get flats ha

[@evilchaperone]

@@jonhammer7109 Haha. Naw. Just go at sunrise. Zombies go into hiding. Safest time to be in the hood is when it's time to go to work.

[@jonhammer7109]

@@evilchaperone yeah..and bet the creepers now have nothing on the ones who roamed about in the 90s

[@PeesInPools]

My thoughts exactly. Daton Ave or around Carpenter Rd are way worse than where he went

[@BigSCTVfan]

Yes, Flint doesn’t look too bad in the video here. I suspect we didn’t see the truly scary parts.

[@kwwhiteaker]

As a Flint resident, this video is full of misinformation.

[@notsure6187]

Kenneth White he just started doing these drive-around videos. I think this is his 2nd one.

[@sugar1885]

he need to stop since he has no clue what the hell he is talking about . when you have people who do this they get the rest of you thinking things are as they say

[@pistongreg]

Before you do a run around video on Flint do your homework first

[@plaguex1]

Yup

[@embracinglogic1744]

Misinformation? I didn't hear him say that Flint was a safe and wonderful place to live.

[@thecrazyrepairman6286]

I've spent the last 25 years going into these neighborhoods and houses for work in both Flint and Detroit and I will tell you Flint is more screwed up than Detroit.

[@southernpacific7200]

Did you work for the city?

[@pistongreg]

And here I always thought Detroit was worse off than Flint

[@jimbog8890]

Archie, it's the other way around. Trust me that statement ain't true.

[@brgreg8725]

Oh no I work in both cities, I’d take Flint any day

[@CologneXCandles]

Born and raised. I love my city it’s not the best no, but it’s home. So many great memories here.

[@JoquanDaHooligan]

Bless you brother and God bless Flint love from the D

[@CologneXCandles]

Joquan Da Hooligan blessings to you as well bro.

[@travisnelson9104]

@@JoquanDaHooligan Flint is quite the city. The people are what make it great. A general friendliness and genuine connected/care for others. Sure theres crime but if you're friendly and personable then you're fine.

[@frenchloveboutique5853]

Yup

[@trentmiller8139]

@@travisnelson9104 Almost looks Canadian! Glad People are Friendly !

[@2livedrew273]

I drive in the worst part of flint... goes downtown. Lmfao, not even close.

[@bradleywalker2388]

I thought the same thing. Like, dude. You literally drive by UofM. I went to college there.

[@milliondollar2981]

In 1964 of my buddies dad work that the big plant there and times were really good we had cookouts every weekend they lived in a nice home they drove brand new cars from the dealership everything was going great back in the good old days we didn't see any problems whatsoever than the homes were well kept everybody had two cars in the driveway a dog, 5 kids playing baseball , we rode our bikes freely all over the town anywhere we wanted to go there was no danger things were going really good,,,,,oh well

[@Anitajonesify]

My prayers goes out to my love-ones, and all the families in Flint MI. Praying for safe, clean, healthy drinking water, rebuild the vacant homes, streets, neihborhoods, bring in new businesses, jobs, crops, schools, and finances.

[@dorothymiley9966]

Amen

[@NickJohnson]

Yep ❤️

[@independentrapking4125]

New businesses are coming to Flint very soon this city is going to look better than Detroit and New York Maybe become even bigger than both or atleast become bigger than Detroit

[@thalleshoward3962]

It will never change the head of the city council has run interference on several projects in Flint. And now the former mayor is running again. She is so corrupt that after they recalled her they found money that she hid that was supposed to help rebuild Flint. To many crooked politicians in Flint for it to improve.

[@coughsreallyloudly]

tysm, I'm a young Michiganer and we live in Genesee County (im smart dont try me to give out my personal information). I just wanna say thanks, Amen. edit: spelling mistake

[@Chrissy2230]

This is the clean parts of Flint. Not one mattress or couch seen on the side of the road🛏🛋

[@prettyshamarlee]

There should be criminal charges for City Officials who destroyed the drinking water in Flint. I can't believe the Federal government hasn't stepped in. This could happen anywhere. Imagine if all the major companies decided to abandon the city you live in.

[@fmcevoy1]

I'm not for the death penalty, but since we have it, the Lansing officials who screwed up the water system should get it.

[@aidenhawley1547]

Google my hometown...southern Granville County...worst contaminated water in the state of NC..It's the Flint Michigan of North Carolina and not a damn thing is done about it

[@alfredocatano1023]

@@aidenhawley1547 is it due to the hogs

[@NickJohnson]

wow i didnt know granville county had bad water. i live in wake county and never heard that. i actually go to creedmoor sometimes. i love that city. did it have anything to do with the storms we had last year?

[@michaelmetzger3662]

Thing's have gotten Better,but yet not Fast Enough,some are in Prision,but it is getting Better.Why in 5 Years all Responceable are not in Prision yet is Beyond me.12 have died,a governor who say's he'll take Responceable,but sure as F**K Doesn't sound like he Mean it.And the City want's to Charge people for Water that Killed 12 People,and Water that has Poisioned 100,000 people for the Rest of their Life,Children who will never lead a Normal Life,because the water has given them Brain Damage.One Thing is For sure,no one will live a Normal Life,in Flint Michigan.For me,i guess you'd say i'm Lucky,i moved out of Flint long Before The Water Problem arose,but I don't feel that way.A Governor who let Geniside of it's People,in Flint Michigan.Like Michael Moore said,the Michigan's Governor should have been Tried Sentanced,Convicted,Life in prison,untill his Death.And The Michigan forced to Help these Childern,their Children,and so on,Goverment of Michigan did this,so all infected should be on any and Health programs,untill no trace ofthis Problem can,be a Problem.

[@sallyannsmith9929]

I remember it well, I grew up in Burton east of Flint in 1960's and 70's. It was so much different I still have family living there.

[@paulapaularaejohnson]

The trees are gorgeous on a brighter note!!

[@jonathanmosher72]

Violent crime doesn't always correlate with the most f'd up looking neighborhoods since the poorest sections of the city are ran by HUD and rental properties. You pretty much need to live in the city and be familiar with it to know where the spectacles are at. There are a few neighborhoods where I live that look like 3rd world countries.

[@EggBenis]

Where exactly?

[@mrnmrsbruhhtm2433]

Bruh you shoulda told me you was doing this. I coulda have taken you to tha real worst places in flint.

[@NickJohnson]

Next time!

[@mrnmrsbruhhtm2433]

Big facts. But I loved tha video tho man. It’s truly sad how bad it’s gotten over tha years. I didn’t even know people actually cared enough for someone to make a KZbin video about it, but as a flint native this was really heartbreaking but also heartwarming at tha same time, I never really noticed how it made me feel until I seen this video. Your perspective made all tha bs that we see “real” and not just something that I’m numb to. So thank you sir for this it truly brightened up my day

[@judedadude3475]

MrNMrs Bruhh state streets on the east side is one of the worst

[@yin-mei-gou2526]

@@mrnmrsbruhhtm2433 As a native that spent most of my life in this city it is just frustrating,depressing and infuriating to see what it has become . i have moved a little ways away but still go in to town now and again and it just makes me sad to see this when in the 80's when i was a kid it was so beautiful and busy and far cleaner and well kept.

[@smashley4661]

Flint is a mess but I’ve lived here my whole life and to me it’s always been home.

[@NickJohnson]

Wanna give me a tour? Email me

[@jayparks803]

@Justin and isaiah damn that's crazy that's where I attended 2nd through 6th grade

[@pallocskaj]

@@jayparks803 i was washington elementary then whittier and moved to NJ in 02

[@jeffdecker7077]

In regards to your comment about the runners possibly being in a race. Those runners were more then likely preparing for one of the biggest races in the State as well as a go to event for distance runners. The Crim Festival of races is held the last Saturday of August. A Bright spot for this community.

[@NickJohnson]

Huh good to know!

[@clintonpeck3988]

Groups of People run through downtown every single day. Some even run all winter.

[@michaelkennedy5126]

they were running for their lives most likely

[@ethanhamilton8064]

These weren’t even the roughest parts, go to the East side neighborhood of the city off of Franklin Ave. through Oklahoma Ave and all those streets. That’s rough

[@kmasse81]

Lol.. Yep! All the state named streets.

[@sniffer6285]

Is Angelo's still open on Franklin ?

[@dorothymiley9966]

@@sniffer6285 no that one is closed down. They are in Grand Blanc now

[@lyannamillen8095]

I remember hanging out at angelos! That was such a good place. Good memories

[@amidoll313]

I live in that neighborhood. It ain't that bad. Also, my uncle Mike was the cook at Angelo's forever!

[@bigbabydogdawg4496]

It looks clean here in certain areas because lots of the parts you're in are vacant with no activity. The city burned down and demolished most of the drug houses and abandoned homes. Flints a ghost town, and the hood makes up a small part of flint. Closer you get to downtown is actully a lot nicer than it used to be.

[@Shaquanda]

Exactly! It’s crazy cause my aunt told me as a kid in the 90’s Flint was going to be a ghost town and we moved to Texas and her words were sure right. I love my city tho!!!

[@jayparks803]

@@Shaquanda facts. I also moved to Texas. Love my home town but Houston is whats up!

[@williamelmasry7005]

Was the reporter prepared? His reporting dialogue is a bit sketchy.

[@danhillman4523]

LOL. Sure it is.

[@JohnDaker_singer]

Nick, my man, getting brave. Driving around on a Sunday morning in the hood. Lol. Go there on a Saturday night ant report on what you see.

[@NickJohnson]

haha i WOULD have but it didnt fit into my schedule. haha i had to head back to NC and was in michigan anyways. I WILL definitely go to the hood at night but my wife isn't happy about it. i went to a durham hood a year ago and seriously got run outta there by some dudes. i am from a bad area, and things dont bother me, but sometimes that doesn't matter!

[@JohnDaker_singer]

@@NickJohnson What are you driving? Is that a rental? I'd say Chrysler product if I had to guess.

[@slandgsmith]

Nick Johnson You have to visit the 11’8” bridge in Durham, Gregson Street 😆😆

[@NickJohnson]

jeep

[@NickJohnson]

You mean the bridge that cars run into?

[@camD90]

This isnt even bad parts😂😂😂 the gas station is right by the jail not to scary lmao.

[@MarioCanon1]

Doesn’t matter where you go Martin Luther King st is always in the hood.

[@NickJohnson]

Always

[@jaimeogas]

Except San Francisco, which is in Golden Gate Park; and Madison, WI, which is downtown from the Capitol Square south to Monona Terrace.

[@bonniem3754]

@@jaimeogas You're right, but not neighboring Oakland.

[@oldvet2639]

MLK Blvd. Used to be Detroit St when I lived in Flint.

[@mimi7574]

@@oldvet2639 I mean it still is! Just splits off

[@haniyahmariah6585]

This my own city and I don’t recognize where he at😂😭😭

[@cierraflanagan9461]

Its Niyaaahhh thats sad sis because Ik exactly where he is an ion live over that way😂😭

[@slezzzy4916]

Dis how u know we stick to where we from 😂😂

[@JZGreengo]

Its Niyaaahhh it all looks the same to be honest, I tried driving around flint to meet this guy who wanted to buy my Xbox and I ended up knocking on like 12 houses to try and find this guy named “Sile” and I couldn’t find him and I don’t think the residents liked me because I’m a 6’4 white guy but surprisingly everyone I came across was very nice. Some people probably would say you’re crazy for going to flint but I am crazy and I honestly don’t care when I die. Lmao I work at the Rave theatre, I ain’t afraid of nobody

[@moegotnext1009]

Its Niyaaahhh I stg

[@SnapszDuhh]

Vito Scaletta Why on earth would you knock on 12 random houses to find some random guy? That is very dangerous.

[@13699111]

This is happening across all of America to good hard working family's .

[@LINJ638]

America is been reduced to a third world hellhole.

[@barbarataylor1535]

I liked your video. I was a citizen of Flint from early fifties to mid nineties. I liked that you included the street maps to tell where you were. Most videos did not. My former home was shown, I liked that. thank you

[@Crash95Davis]

I live in Flint born and raised you want to see the worst parts you gotta go to the Eastside or the south

[@d3rtmcg3rt53]

Noway bro the Northside where I'm from has been the worst since the 80s. I was born at hurley.

[@morgraine3360]

Thank you for not helping anyone. As a Flint resident, Not every part of flint is that bad. The town didn't "Die" After GM Left and the Flint Water Crisis people left. Don't assume every part of flint is like this, for example, Miller road, There are a lot of businesses that are booming over there.

[@NickJohnson]

Good!

[@dandarling5990]

Left Flint 35 years ago, best decision Ii ever made!

[@pianoman551000]

One thing that helped your video was the insert map of where you were driving. I grew up in Flint and have seen other videos where the narrator never mentions the location of where they're driving. So, thanks for putting up the map. It helped immensely. I couldn't believe the number of "green areas" or empty lots where houses once were. I moved out of the Flint area in the mid-1970s and it was still a thriving area-- slowly changing--but still a nice area overall.

[@NickJohnson]

good! some people said the map got in the way. glad it was useful.

[@dangibsononkpam]

Very interesting tour. My great-grandfather built a house on Garland Street in 1904. My grandfather (6 years old at the time) helped him out, even losing a screwdriver inside the front porch. That house is still standing but looks shabby and in need of a lot of love. Grandpa told me stories about his father, a postal carrier who would hitch up his horse and wagon or sleigh to deliver mail in the neighborhood you drove through. This was small-town Flint, about when Buick first came to town, and my grandfather wrote many stories about his growing-up in a quiet-then-exciting era for Flint. It's really heartbreaking to see how the city has deteriorated. Flint and its residents didn't deserve the neglect and poor treatment they received. It's a clear warning to us all.

[@TTLDNS]

I have to ask what was the address? My home was built in 1904 with a land contract from the 1890s. if so please tell me it was 1409.... would be awesome to know someone who loved that house.

[@dangibsononkpam]

@@TTLDNS Our house was 1203, a couple of blocks south of yours. My great-grandparents paid $250 for the corner lot and $200 for the inside lot next to it. After the house, barn and chicken coop were built, my great-grandfather dug a well behind the house. In the meantime, the family carried water pails from two neighbors' wells nearby, but found that the well water from the Detroit (MLK) Street neighbor had a "peculiar taste", as Grandpa remembered, rumored at the time to be from the drive-well pipes reaching into the coal beds underground. Water problem even back in 1904.

[@AdamBiggers81]

They see someone like you driving down the street, they go inside. Like others have said, I'm a Flint resident and you didn't even really go in the worst of the bad areas.

[@cornellynch730]

Those are not the worst parts.im from flint.why you didnt drive thru evergreen regency townhomes

[@krystinawilson8164]

Him was scared you see went in the morning 😆

[@ali-ql2mv]

Who cares 🤔 he googled the worst parts of flint and that's where it took him to lol

[@cornellynch730]

@@ali-ql2mv but his research is inaccurate and if you dont care so much then why are you even commenting

[@eternallove830]

Cornel Lynch shut I was raised til 6 there, yea bad but that ain’t worst than north

[@aidenhawley1547]

@@krystinawilson8164 yeah I would be too, who TF wants to get shot!? 🤣🤣

[@AK1776-]

It looks better than it did before honestly. My husband was born in flint and raised in Detroit so we go visit family and friends there a lot. We moved to give our kids better opportunities.

[@ericzerkle5214]

Flint was a auto manufacturing power house in the day!!! Sad to see it now....

[@DJF177]

Yup it used to be something now it's an embarrassment to the state of Michigan.

[@chriscolumbianmsm1]

@@DJF177 It can be something again. Lots of industries serving the new economy (tech, solar, aerofarming, etc..) would be a perfect fit. The fact that there are schools already in place is great for employers. Love the Downtown area, which could easily be turned into a cultural center. It could be a great city if brought back to life by skilled hands.

[@ShadowRayne16]

Some people actually fish in the Flint river which is crazy to me. I love that a lot of the abandon houses and buildings were torn down. Its better to have them gone then burn down and still standing or just left to rot. They can turn into drug dens or places for people to commit crimes in. And it's easier to watch your back in the more open areas and not have to worry about someone lurking in a dark abandon house/building.

[@NickJohnson]

I agree just tear them all down. It was just weird to see

[@tashellpretty9737]

That’s not even the worst part !! PRAY FOR MY CITY !! 🙏🏽

[@notsure6187]

TashellSooo Pretty 🙏

[@hswing11]

What for the voters asked for this A mindless progressive liberal city DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR CITY

[@coughsreallyloudly]

@@hswing11 most of us Michiganers can't do sh1t, of the ab0rt10n banning of 2022, we can't do sh1t.

[@johnyacks7690]

A friend of mine lived by Kettering University about 10 years ago. He saw a dead person laying in his neighbor's yard while on his way to work. The body was still there when he got home that evening. The police were so busy they were unable to respond untill after dark.😢😢😢

[@James-kb5qi]

I live about 10 minutes away from flint. I plow snow for the road genessee county road commission all through flint.

[@dorothymiley9966]

Thank you!!!

[@averygentry35]

THEM hookers don’t care if it’s snowing and blowing they be out there on the track! 🤣

[@chicagoraisedme2654]

I been in flint for 6 years I’m from Chicago and flint not that bad I work here also

[@leandro638]

Just a Brazilian here. Came after watching Michael Moore film. It's sad. This World needs too many changes...

[@MasseyKouhssari]

No matter how you tried to make Flint look bad, it didn't work. Flint held her own and won... Thumbs up for Flint. Thanks for the post

[@NickJohnson]

I just let the camera roll that was clear right?

[@DJFreuden]

Awesome video! As a Michigan native, i really enjoyed this one. I love your videos; you should do more ghetto cruises man..super interesting!

[@savemoney911]

Thanks. Interesting video. I was born at St Joseph's Hospital in Flint. Ages 0-5 was on Dakota St. Ages 5-17 I grew up on Parkway (2 streets north of Pierson Rd) between Dupont St and Detroit St (now MLK St) behind the North Flint, Plaza. I went to Kindergarten at Pierson Elementary (I think that's gone now). Grades 1-8 at St Agnes Elementary and Jr Hight (that is still standing but was abandoned and in shambles), then Grades 9-12 at Powers High School on Carpenter Rd (and Powers abandoned that building too). I was hoping you'd have footage and of the Northside of Flint. Maybe next time. I left Flint in 1976 at age 18 when I joined the Air Force. I think growing up in Flint hardened me some, but I would not live in Flint again. Crime was so bad in Flint on the Northside that I moved. Also Powers HS was a magnet for drug use. I last visited Flint in the Spring of 2018. My father and grandparents worked at AC Spark Plug in Flint - a huge facility - that is no longer there.

[@seventhchild7270]

It look like a clean town.....even though it has some abandon homes in certain areas.

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

Just don't drink the water.

[@seventhchild7270]

Grindcore.....sadly I know! Lol

[@ericzerkle5214]

@@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance I cant believe they still have that issue...

[@jamillsanders307]

Umm no not clean at all this is a shithole

[@cierraflanagan9461]

Angela Lewis that’s all that Flint is it’s clean but no one wants the property

[@michaelboyer9798]

Thanks, Nick. Enjoyed the video.

[@NickJohnson]

hey mike! glad you did :) I am going to do many more.

[@tankerjag2278]

Flint was known as "Buick City". Big billboard coming into Flint on I-75 near where 23 merged. Flint was a nice city in the 60's and before.

[@jag92949]

I heard Detroit used to be a better city than NYC half a century ago.

[@travisnelson9104]

I absolutely agree with others saying this is too narrow and will more people think whatever you tell them about the place and they'll also think the squalor and abandoned buildings are all there is to the city. Went to college downtown and also lived in Flint. I can tell you the people are very friendly. More than any place I've been. Also not to mention the city's downtown is very vibrant, not as you say. I appreciate the effort at documenting Flint but you need to do your research before commenting.

[@johnband3]

It's sad, this is AMERICA not some 3rd world country.

[@michaelmetzger3662]

Face it,in the End,it all come down to Money,and who has the Bigger Wallet.

[@InGovWeMistrust]

North side of flint is known for a lot of gang activity, crime, drugs, etc. You drove around during the day when it’s mostly chill if you mind your own business and don’t bother anyone. At night it’s a different story. If you’re in flint at night you don’t have to find trouble, trouble finds you.

[@ToadStool942]

Thank you very much. Even the music was pleasant. It's been 36 years since I've been back there. It was never a pretty town even in its heyday, but it was home. In 79, Flint was the 8th richest city in the nation per capita with an average annual salary being $19k.You'd never have known it then. Supposedly Flint was so bad in the 70's that the Carter administration was thinking about nationalizing the city of Flint and using it as a model city because it had all the problems of major cities. Well, that's how the story goes anyway. Even its mayor had ties to the mafia.

[@carmenmonoxide7459]

Umm... did you LOSE a bet, Nick? This video felt like my ninety-six year-old aunt was cruising around with me in the back seat wondering how the hell did I end up here.

[@NickJohnson]

Hahahaha no I wanted to try out this new camera and I was in michigan anyways. I did one on detroit too that i'll show in a couple days. it's better than this one. people are saying they want to see pretty places too. but i don't know if they really do - that seems boring.

[@carmenmonoxide7459]

I get it, Nick. I'm looking forward to the Detroit one. PEACE

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

Even if they gave the land away for free. They would have to fix the water issues.

[@johndouglas5712]

They been fixed

[@aimeebella3390]

Just watched the Netflix series on Flint. I feel so bad for the citizens there but admire your tenacity and strength to fight for your city.

[@NickJohnson]

Flint has some issues for sure. Would you ever live there Aimee?

[@aimeebella3390]

Nick Johnson no I would not. Only because I’m in Minnesota and the weather is similar so if I were to move it would be south. I’m done with snow and cold. Yuma, Arizona is where I want to go!!

[@slandgsmith]

It’s understandable why you left Mappy back home.

[@lynnmarie3206]

🤣

[@NickJohnson]

He came to Detroit with me.

[@lynnmarie3206]

@@NickJohnson thats cool he needed a break from mrs mappy

[@carmenmonoxide7459]

Nick and Mappy should take a drive through Baltimore. Immerse yourselves in the culture then go home and compare rat bites and bullet wounds!

[@NickJohnson]

okay so maybe i need to cruise through baltimore then. but it HAS to be at 9 am on a sunday. obviously, that's when the riff raff is still asleep :)

[@sorcerer666]

Loved this video Nick! I hope you do more drive through videos of other rough cities. I recently did a drive through of Camden. Pretty surreal!

[@NickJohnson]

i did one on detroit Robert. Coming out on thursday. does camden look like this? i feel like all of these cities would look the same?

[@sorcerer666]

Oh cool. Camden was similar to that suburb you filmed but much worse.

[@Xenochrist95]

Glad to have moved out of Flint, but you should make a video of all the good stuff! Back to the Bricks, Crim, Buckham alley fest, Flint Institute of the arts, the new(ish) farmers market, they also have great food! Halo Burger as well as all the great food trucks, got some decent bar/grills too like the Torch and Soggy bottom. Higher end places like the Cork and Blackstones. Great family restaurants like whitehorse, Atlas, and Leos, also the Perani Arena and Applewood. You can walk/bike stepping stone trail and end up at stepping stone falls. You gotta go during Autumn or Summer Nick! Loads to do!

[@seventhchild7270]

IT IS REALLY CLEAN IN SPITE OF THE ISSUES IT HAS....I SEE NO TRASH,ETC...LIKE NEW YORK, CHICAGO, AND OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS...

[@NickJohnson]

there's no people to make trash :)

[@AHouseDivided1998]

Tbh, it didn’t look too bad to me other than the roads being in desperate need of repaving. Detroit looks way more desolate than this...You didn’t stop at Clippaz over on MLK Boulevard?

[@NickJohnson]

I DID NOT OMG HAHAHAHA Barbara LOVE YA. And no, it wasn't THAT bad, but was pretty bad overall. The roads were shitty, nothing was open and homes were in disarray. But i think the biggest problem is the ghetto crowd, which was, apparently still asleep.

[@AHouseDivided1998]

Nick Johnson Guess even Gangstas gotta sleep sometimes. Love your channel btw!

[@NickJohnson]

Thanks Barbara :) :) Working on a revamped presentation soon. Stay tuned ;)

[@markdemoreuille4451]

Where the heck was nappies??

[@AHouseDivided1998]

He and Mrs. Mappy had a therapy session. Hope those two can work it out.

[@goldenviolet]

Flint used to be a nice town when GM was there paying the community fair wages. GM used to be called Generous Motors, after all the strikes from the 20s - 30s. It's a shame that Flint has been sliding down, and has been suffering from bad water. But many towns in US are having the same problem. It's the duality of life. You have the bad, so you can appreciate good. Why does this happen to our cities?

[@shawnwhalen8314]

Not as bad as it used to be, cleaned up alot. Great Smallmouth bass and walleye fishing in the Flint river! The river is not as polluted as people think. You can do this in any big city in the Midwest/ rustbelt..not just Flint. And we in America like to think we are the greatest country in the world? We have 3rd world conditions in almost every city in the U.S....its SAD. I grew up in Detroit in the 70's so I've seen bad. I do alot of fishing in the rivers around the area, some parts of south Saginaw are bad....it surprised me. No jobs and not alot of hope...hard to stay positive and stay on the right path.

[@Prettydeadw2]

Thank you I few yrs back you did a Flint video in the snow could you. .re run it ? Maybe ? .I need it? .but it's ok If you can't ind time

[@oscarlinares841]

Nick, can you do this in more cities across the US? Next time do Hearne Texas. It’s a small podunk town north of college station. The biggest employer there is GATX.

[@NickJohnson]

hey oscar! i could but i don't think it's THAT interesting? isn't GATX an investment company? what's wrong with that? if walmart were the biggest employer, that would be bad. wondering what you meant.

[@oscarlinares841]

Nick Johnson lol. Your video reminded me of that town when I used to work for that company. GATX is actually a leasing company for tank cars and other rail cars. They have a repair shop there which is one of the biggest in the country. It’s a small little town which a lot of people would tell me not to roam around in. I didn’t think it was that bad of a town although I didn’t check the stats for crime or education as you do in detail. It’s just a thought since I think your videos of driving around different towns in the US would be interesting to watch.

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

Wow, big yards...but if the water is bad, no point being there. Even if they gave the land away.

[@teampatterson8124]

You clearly know nothing about flint.. I suggest you get your facts straight before trying to report on my city!

[@NickJohnson]

Your city sucks sorry about that I feel bad for you. Maybe you can help make it better?

[@andrewhodgeson8006]

@@NickJohnson Have you lived in Flint before?

[@jackson3068]

Nice vid nick

[@southernpacific7200]

I live in Ottawa, Ontario and there are parts of the city that are way worse than Flint. Low income housing projects are worse than the typical run-down neighbourhoods. I'd feel more safer walking through Flint than the rough parts of Ottawa.

[@NickJohnson]

really? i never heard that! what part specifically if I were to go and record it?

[@michaelmetzger3662]

Sure,go ahead,come on Down,and walk the Streets of Flint,maybe you'll change your Mind.

[@southernpacific7200]

@@NickJohnson The neighbourhoods of Caldwell, Heatherington, Vanier, Britannia & Carling, Ritchie, and Ramsay. Toronto probably has some worse neighbourhoods too.

[@ThePyrosgirl77]

Love it when you give a brief history of Flint and how it got that way! Also love when you drive through the neighborhoods with the relaxing music. Keep up the great work, as these are your best videos. Also, you should do a "Worst Neighborhoods of Fort Worth Texas" video!

[@wordstothinkabout5386]

Born and raised in Flint during the 60s and 70s. Public school was like a war zone back then on the north side. Lots of racial strife. Teachers got beaten during riots. It was total chaos at times. I remember when MLK got shot. I thought I was going to get killed at school because I was white (in the minority at my school.) It was the start of White flight to Flushing, Davison, Grand Blanc and other near-by towns.

[@robynerrickson4434]

Lots of vacant land but I applaud the town for demolishing abandoned structures and leaving vacant land. Not too many boarded up buildings. Great video

[@KmusikOne]

Is this a joke? I'm from Baltimore and this looks like paradise. Guess everything is relative.

[@bigbabydogdawg4496]

He didnt actully hit the real hoods here

[@ArtWorkOfDR]

I have lived in flint for almost10yrs there are many more areas u could of shown but it’s a start and a lot who live here are trying to help their own Community but it is hard to fix something so broken

[@NickJohnson]

I agree it takes one really really motivated person to make change in a place like that. You??

[@gemmarooney3148]

Looking at that place our family some used to live there they move to An harbor but , even though still not much garbage in the streets.

[@cierraflanagan9461]

gemma rooney Ann Arbor ??? U mean

[@gemmarooney3148]

@@cierraflanagan9461 yes thank you

[@LeveyHere]

This is like better Google maps. I used to practically live on Google maps lol

[@hakeems_goat7753]

I went to Mount Everest,Tokyo,New York city,North Korea,Antarctica,Alaska all in 30 minutes!! What a crazy adventure

[@ShellymanStudios]

Jackson_ Hill13 I hate Alaska street view because it's outdated back from 2011.

[@prayingmotherfrye1350]

xBlueWolf

[@williammorton93]

This video infuriates me. You're so quick to point out every abandoned house and empty lot, but you drove through downtown. You didn't point out any of the beautiful murals painted throughout the entire video. The historical churches. You didn't say anything about the gems in the rough, but you could take time to tell us about the pollution in the Flint river caused by the old GM plant on Chevrolet. If you want a real tour, come to my house, and my wife and I will show you the many beauties of our home town.

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

Thank you!

[@teampatterson8124]

Just because there are abandoned buildings and homes doesn't make it a "worse" part of flint lol Go to the Eastside at night.. 🤣 That's the only 'bad' part of flint..

[@michellesantiago06]

He don't what he talikng cause I know where. The east side is worst All he can say he see abanded home's. And on Sunday don't nothing goes on

[@celenafenner8237]

I was raised on the East side and still reside, you are both correct. I carry to walk my pitbull and dont go out at night! Highest crime and drug part if Flint!

[@teampatterson8124]

@@michellesantiago06 Sunday morning at that lmao. 🤣 He just wanted people to think he wasn't scared but we all know he clearly was or he would have went around Saturday night lol.. & it pissed me off a little that he gave no props to Hurley Hospital the #1 kids hospital around.. 😁 Even J-Lo gave her props to our great hospital..

[@teampatterson8124]

@@celenafenner8237 yes ma'am.. be careful out there..

[@teampatterson8124]

@@michellesantiago06 did you also notice he just did one big ass circle.. lol

[@priscillavincent4786]

My hometown. It sure isn't the Flint Michigan that I grew up in back in the sixties and seventies. I took a 30 year break and moved to Alabama and have since moved back to the area where I came up. It's very sad to see this. Heartbreaking, in fact.

[@NickJohnson]

Priscilla there are worst parts even. Alabama is cool!

[@barbikayler40532]

That's an old working class area like you would see any where, doesn't mean that it's ghetto or hood.

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

Flint does have hoods. It's almost a northern extent of Detroit.

[@ShadowRayne16]

Flint is not conected to Detroit. Like an hour and a half drive away in fact. And it definitely has hoods.

[@michaelmetzger3662]

How True,How True,but then how bad is Bad,untill it Deserves to be called A Hood,or Ghetto.

[@anatucker3806]

@@ShadowRayne16 its an hour drive not hour and a half

[@stuffandjunkandthings364]

really like it that you went, anyone can sit and make lists, but not too many would co there. FWIW, It looks a lot like Pontiac, when I was growing up there in the 80s

[@NickJohnson]

i know so when people say i don't know what im talking about i can say i went there!

[@NickJohnson]

should i visit pontiac too? it cant be worse than detroit which is coming up thursday.

[@stuffandjunkandthings364]

@@NickJohnson pontiac is a lot like detroit, but without the good parts.

[@Dave-cv8yb]

Makes me so happy to have escaped Flint. I couldn't imagine still living there.

[@shawnmcgraw9347]

Lol, dude...Those were the GOOD parts! Cruse on by Dort Hwy sometime! Those lots weren't even burnt out, half demolished, or have iron bars on every window and door. Your video has houses with open gates...def not happening in the bad side of town! People steal the metal for scrap! The abandoned lots are considered a bonus:)

[@NickJohnson]

Haha I know Shawn people have pointed it out I wish I saw the really bad parts

[@brittanysmith9628]

I’m offended and I’m not even from flint... like this is some poor ass reporting in my opinion.

[@florlisafowler3595]

Exactly💯😔👀🤔

[@NickJohnson]

Florlisa, again see my now pinned comment :)

[@NickJohnson]

Brittany read the pinned comment at the top of this video. Hopefully people in flint tell their own story and stop acting like victims

[@florlisafowler3595]

@@NickJohnson we have many times over. Check out a real documentary about the Flint Water issue as well as what has went on. It will be coming out in theaters across the country this fall. 💯😉 This documentary will be the people's story, as well as what we have done not only in our city, but across the nation to help cities in similar situations. I never asked you to help us, all I ask is if you want to put out content on Flint, please do it with more actual facts. Thank you💯

[@hollychaney5820]

Looks like nice parts of Flint, anyway thanks for showing my hometown

[@jopiira]

Eeeh... Weird that normal looking neighbourhoods are bad ones. Sure loads of people toke awful financial losses. Here in Finland, the worst places are the flat rental houses. Not all are bad, but when you got loads of all sorts of Africans who cannot speak language and drunken Finns and loads of wild partying construction dudes from Estonia, Poland and Russia. Trust me, it makes life shit.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Greetings to you from Finland from Scooby in the USA! 😀

[@ineffableman2277]

Calling it rough from the beginning is definitely based on perception. Little Iraqi children would call it a blessing to live here

[@SHGRaee]

I was born and raised you was on the north side of flint my stomping grounds

[@NickJohnson]

Dope sorry you were asleep when I popped by maybe next time

[@FLINTx810xTBM]

Same im from the north side to

[@pistongreg]

I was born on the North side Flint myself East Pierson Road and Branch Road

[@betterbusinessbureau3056]

Please don't claim that out loud again... -Management

[@d3rtmcg3rt53]

I'm also from the Northside. Loredo Ave.

[@Jokez_PvZ]

I was born and raised in Burton which is nextdoor to Flint, and i have been to Flint throughout my life, and its not too bad besides the actual bad things anyway

[@mrmeyers26]

Dam Nick. You were about 40 minutes from my house! I live in Auburn. Yeah Flint is definitely a sad part of our state right beside Detroit. Glad you made it out ok! Thanks for the video.

[@NickJohnson]

im posting the detroit one thursday :)

[@jimmyhudman5161]

Auburn is that the city with the high school

[@mrmeyers26]

@@jimmyhudman5161 yup I school a couple bars and a food center. Thats our town!

[@jimmyhudman5161]

Cool i live in freeland

[@georgebender1070]

Flint is not that bad looking a few bad house here and there

[@brhmgrant]

flint ,Michigan is no joke beside the water problem flint Michigan has some of coldest gangsters around killings back in the 80s 90s . floyd Mayweather is from here . a rapper named mc bred RIP is from here and was murdered here .I'm glad you survived flint nick you living dangerously son

[@NickJohnson]

it was early in the morning all the trouble makers were still asleep :)

[@davidwalker9655]

Just fyi the flint river isn't as polluted as you think.

[@rockystelone21]

Yeah but it stinks

[@arielgreen8015]

There's only a couple of bodies in there too😂😂😂😂

[@jag92949]

The pipes were made of lead. The Flint River’s acidity causes the lead to leak from the pipes.

[@tommy516]

This looks fine, absolutely fine. Most of the houses and yards look nicely kept. I can take you to what is considered good middle class neighborhoods in Westminster Colorado and half the yards and houses look rundown. Destroyed wooden fences, junk in the yards. Same with parts of Texas and Johnson County Kansas, places that are supposed to be good places.

[@crystalglenn7830]

Do not downgrade my City you're lucky I'm not swearing at you I've lived in the city my whole life and I am still here yes I drink bottled water but I cook with my water from the faucet and our city is not the only city that went downhill when the factories went out I see I've been around here for very long time my dad worked in the factory so shut your mouth

[@NickJohnson]

Do you want to give me a tour? Email me.

[@glennkane6954]

Just like many other cities in the US that had their day and businesses failed. It is sad.

[@NickJohnson]

yep thats why small towns are still doing well - no fall from grace potential :)

[@ZachSaysYo]

I've lived in Flint, MI my whole life

[@nine9whitepony526]

You should go there around 11:30 pm. That would be pretty cool.

[@BarryFelicecapehandyman]

It didn’t look bad to me. I see lots of green open space where I’m guessing there once was homes and businessess. Ok thats sad, depressing and disheartening. But unlike the videos I have watched of cities like Detroit it appears they have torn down most if not all of the abandoned structures. Flint can only go one direction, up. Its up to the citizens to make it happen.

[@NickJohnson]

Yes many of our worst cities can only go up. would you ever move to detroit Barry?

[@BarryFelicecapehandyman]

@@NickJohnson Not on a bet

[@mrbull569]

I like the ambiant music for these videos.

[@NickJohnson]

yeah i guess it works huh carlos? there's a detroit one on thursday and i think it's even better :)

[@ericagardens1234]

That’s not deep in the hood from my experience. Try north Milwaukee

[@NickJohnson]

No it's not Erica. I looked for it. This was about as bad as it got. Is North Milwaukee the worst you've seen?

[@southernpacific7200]

It's true. Parts of Milwaukee are bad.

[@smokajoka3007]

Flint is worse

[@trentdabeast8326]

Erica Gardens or ghetto detroit

[@ericagardens1234]

Nooo Chicago is Faaaaar worse than Milwaukee. Sometimes the worst villans of Chicago come up to Milwaukee and pollute our are with their criminal ways. We don't need that influence. My brother got plowed down in the street by a noth side thug in a stollen car. He got away they always do unless they mess with a cop or politician. All they have to do is cross certain lines to escape the jurisdiction of the cops who are chasing them . It's an issue. 🙀

[@TMBales]

You wanted to go through the worst parts but didn’t go through the south or east sides? You just went through the black neighborhoods , you didn’t go to the bad parts

[@sarahb9240]

Google maps routed us through South Central LA gang land once. 😆 That was so nerve-wrecking. I’ve also gotten lost in the ghettos of Philly and Baltimore. Too bad Mappy wasn’t with me; I bet he could have sent me in the right direction. 🥰

[@NickJohnson]

LOL and Mappy doesn't need a GPS Sarah!!

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

the sad thing is after GM pulled out the city started slowly going down hill . i grew up on the west side i moved out of michigan back in 2011 due to a job i now live on the east coast . and its great . i have only one close friend who still lives in beecher who will not move . after countless time telling him i can get him a well paying job . an stay with my family and i till he gets on his feet an moves his family here ... but no he doesnt wont to give up his mom's house which i dont get it he has no money coming in the hood he lives in is run down crime is taking over. an his moms house is starting to show its age . i dont get it . moving out of flint was the best thing i did . i helped other friends as well . an there doing very well for themselfs .

[@latarrelsanders4178]

What was the purpose..I'm from there jus asking

[@normanwroblewski935]

He's just being an asshole