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Jul 30, 2026 1:06 PM
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TheobromineAddict
There was a period when you could buy a decent sized home under $50K in Flint. I seriously considered buying one of those, replace all the piping with Pex, install a whole house Reverse Osmosis filter, and retire there.
fartharder
As someone who lives in the county south of there, prices are low because the area died 30 years ago. Find the movie Roger & Me.
EverNotRelevant
"You just won't move away from your support to an unfamiliar place where there aren't jobs"
bad1080
come for cheap houses, stay in a hospital because you drank the water
thepicklebucket
If I was moving there I'd just squat
YpsilantiRomani
Hell 10years ago you could buy a house in Detroit for about $2000.
69Voltage
They lost me at Midwest
HighSorcerer
I'm in the midwest rn and it's not even like that in places where there's actually work and the water isn't poison. I live in the middle of nowhere, 15 minutes from anything that isn't a bar or factory and 50 minutes from the nearest large city, and my rent is *still* $1290/mo. for a single bedroom 900sqft. Ten+ years ago a 2br 800sqft apartment in this area would have been $650. This inflated rent shit can fuck off and die.
MundySeme
Flint Michigan is both a modern industrial disaster and the "canary in the coal mine" for the entire US and it's economy. Capitalists polluted the town so badly that it's physically impossible to live there, which has subsequently collapsed the local economy (I.e. the businesses that did the polluting in the first place have become unable to operate).
The message is clear. Deregulation = Destruction. It's either Socialism or Barbarism.
mglaive
Barbarism probably has cooler outfits.
nowinsituation
so, one has to work...and there are no jobs in Flint...
ImJustHereAtThisPoint
"then just move somewhere with jobs" and the cycle repeats.
nowinsituation
I'm happy where I am....I want to stay that way...y'all annoying me with ars and the downfall of capatalism and AI spewing crap all over the palce and a giant ornage pedophile running hte country....just go away /s....not really /s....but yes- the whole thing, including housing, is a shit show
theworldcouldbeflat
They still haven't fixed issues with the drinking water, so it's also about that.
OmenJones
They've fixed about 97% of it.
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
Is the 3% the poison?
theworldcouldbeflat
The fix is definitely not refllecting in the housing prices.
OmenJones
No.