tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post7107080753563752548..comments2024-03-28T23:02:24.234-07:00Comments on Flint Expatriates: An Absence of Unicorns by Megan CraneFlint Expatriateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352270564340149006noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-46023108972787186452015-09-30T20:39:32.582-07:002015-09-30T20:39:32.582-07:00Megan this was a very long, but interesting story....Megan this was a very long, but interesting story. Flint is my hometown. Although I was raised down south, Florida. I've learned that there's nothing like flint, abd I've come to realize that it's pretty amazing. Although I miss Florida so much! Keep writing stories. Tgryre great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-26979048882228598482015-04-25T15:30:21.278-07:002015-04-25T15:30:21.278-07:00Hi Torrey, you can message me at daelana@ gmail.co...Hi Torrey, you can message me at daelana@ gmail.com (space inserted to defeat the spammers). Flint does indeed have a large footprint. I met a guy in Austin, fellow coworker, who had been busily bragging to all that he was from Flint. I promptly asked his old address, mentioned my grandfather's street name and the name of Dad's high school. He immediately started stuttering and finally said, quietly, "I'm uh, I'm actually from Fenton." Poor kid, lol. I think the call-out embarrassed him. Oh well. Hope to hear from you soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-29289050854345124192015-04-21T09:58:59.279-07:002015-04-21T09:58:59.279-07:00The Cottrill Family in Harbor Springs is from Flin...The Cottrill Family in Harbor Springs is from Flint. I believe they are in Real Estate there. They used to live on Nolen Drive. Linda Cottrill went to Flint SW. They changed the boundaries then. Not sure about the other Cottrills.Torrey Hammerberg XIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-59910626439272555532015-04-15T21:51:32.020-07:002015-04-15T21:51:32.020-07:00Torrey Hammerberg XII is a nom de plume that refer...Torrey Hammerberg XII is a nom de plume that refers to the location of "The Rock". I don't have an instagram account, but if you have an email like Hotmail or gmail that you don't use much and won't cause an overflow problem, I'll come clean with my identity, like bustdup has! I've made some amazing connections from those if a=b and b=c, then a=c (there's that Algebra again!) connections from both memory and websites! This has been a phenomenal year talking to Flintites (Flintoids). Flint's footprint far exceeds its present size.Torrey Hammerberg XIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-24468887581648181632015-04-15T14:45:45.146-07:002015-04-15T14:45:45.146-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-82949342152875293982015-04-15T14:41:44.059-07:002015-04-15T14:41:44.059-07:00Ian, I am definitely interested! Contact me on ins...Ian, I am definitely interested! Contact me on instagram, please? @mysweetroisindubh. Torrey, that's amazing. :) Up North is nice to be from, it's just not a place to be, to my mind. My dad had two other siblings as well, Cheryl and David. I'm unsure if they were in marching band or not. I've never met Ms. Dicken or Mr. Rachwitz, but my dad might have. I'll ask him next time I speak with him. I used to cook dinner for Bob Seger three or four times a summer, when I worked as a cook at the Dam Site Inn in Pellston (2000-2005). He was a good customer, in that he asked for very little and didn't crave special treatment based upon celebrity status, and he tended to tip well, according to the servers.<br /><br />Everyone else, thank you so much for reading this and taking the time to like or comment. As a child, my dreams were of becoming a writer or a chef. Now that I'm a mostly-adult adult (haha), that dream has evolved. I'm attending Mott with an eye to the transfer program. My focus is post-secondary education, concentrations in English and history, preferably Michigan history. Someday, I'll be teaching at Mott or maybe even UM. Reading each comment and seeing the enjoyment in each one not only makes me feel blessed and thankful, it confirms for me that my dream is a good one, and a good goal. Thank you, thank you, thank you.<br /><br />And most of all, thank YOU, Gordie, for running this. It means more to me than I could express in any language, English or otherwise. I can't begin to thank you enough. I'm sorry I haven't sent the other two papers on yet - I have finals in two weeks and I'm certain that math will always be my own private windmill to tilt at, but I'm trying...anyway, I will send them as soon as I survive my college algebra final. Thank you so much. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-49009522606093881512015-04-14T19:53:06.984-07:002015-04-14T19:53:06.984-07:00Hi Megan. I finally figured out who your father i...Hi Megan. I finally figured out who your father is. I went to Flint SW and was in Marching Band with him and your Aunt Cathy. I didn't realize until recently that they were siblings.<br /><br />I like going to Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Cross Village, Cheboygan, Indian River, Pellston, and the other towns up there than haven't been completely modernized like some other towns up there I won't mention. I've eaten at Leg's Inn. One time my late mother in law saw Bob Seger there. He gave her a hug.<br /><br />There are some other people in that area from Flint SW living up there also-Debbie Fischer Dicken and Fred Rachwitz are two who come to mind in Cross Village and Harbor Springs.Torrey Hammerberg XIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-47368598521082892792015-04-12T18:51:27.216-07:002015-04-12T18:51:27.216-07:00Hi Megan, that's a good story. I'm a photo...Hi Megan, that's a good story. I'm a photographer in Toronto and were doing a portrait project across the country called the "American Dreams Project" - were going to be in flint late April and are looking for a few more people to photograph. We'd love to talk to you about it. You can see stuff on the project website www.americandreamsproject.org - many thanks. Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-73399853148778502662015-04-02T23:44:17.032-07:002015-04-02T23:44:17.032-07:00Thank you for the beautiful read. I admire your c...Thank you for the beautiful read. I admire your courage and conviction that it will take people such as you to create a new, finer Flint. I may join you there in a few years. sgcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-78983050530156764072015-04-02T16:57:37.679-07:002015-04-02T16:57:37.679-07:00Lived there from age 4 (1954) to 1978 when I left ...Lived there from age 4 (1954) to 1978 when I left for Chicago and greener pastures. Flint was a great place growing up but whenever I return, what I see clashes with my childhood memories. I couldn't agree more about living there made us who we are today. Well thought out essay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-19132427393605586512015-04-02T10:16:41.105-07:002015-04-02T10:16:41.105-07:00Very well said....I live in the suburbs but am a F...Very well said....I live in the suburbs but am a Flintstone ...& Michigan IS the greatest state of all.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-4237608860358755192015-04-02T10:08:09.639-07:002015-04-02T10:08:09.639-07:00Great read. Best wishes for you having a great lif...Great read. Best wishes for you having a great life in Flint. A bunch of us expats talk all the time about how we'd like to help with our "benighted" hometown's "resurrection" and admire those who stuck around and have done what they can..and admire folks like Gordon Young who actually DID go back and do something. Many of us have post-traumatic stress from violent experiences growing up there and fear of that occurring is the deciding factor that holds many back. I was back for a funeral in November and was just overwhelmed by the decline of my north-side (Cook School) neighborhood. Michael D.noreply@blogger.com