Flint Expatriates
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Jon Stewart and Michigan: A Love Story

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Jon Stewart gets dirty with Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsula on The Daily Show. Watch it here at the 1:48 mark.
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Flint Photos: A Pilgrimage to Angelo's Coney Island

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Flint Expatriate Michael Westerman, formerly of Forest Hill Avenue in Civic Park, hits one of the hotspots with his kids on a visit from Oak...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Meet Me at the Corner of Cottage Grove and Bluff Street

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The recent Chevy in the Hole post reminded my mom of her old friend Pat Lindner , who used to live on Cottage Grove Avenue near Bluff Street...
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Surveying Flintoids

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Now's your chance to help out a Flint Expatriate and further the academic study of the Vehicle City... Hello. My name is Nancy Alamy and...
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

G.M.'s Record Profits

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With only 7,000 G.M. employees left in the Flint area, this news doesn't have the same impact it would have once had, but it's stil...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Flint Postcards: Flint from the Air

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An aerial shot of Flint before I.M.A. disappeared and the bland brick buildings of UM-Flint arrived. It's tough to see, but note the pho...
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Flint Postcards: Long Lake

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Chevy in the Hole

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So, um, why was it called Chevy in the Hole? Is it simply because the factory complex was located in the valley formed by the Flint River?
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Slim Chiply Lives: You Know You're From Flint if...

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This happens to be the most popular post in the history of Flint Expatriates, originally published March 19, 2008. I got the list via email...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Collecting the Cars that Flint Would Love to Forget

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A 1974 Honda Civic. (Photo courtesy of Subcompact Culture .) Here's a car trend that's not likely to be embraced by your average Fli...
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