What's happening in Flint is terrible. Imagine all the families there. They have been drinking poisoned water for more than a year. Even worse, parents have been giving it to their kids. Imagine knowing that your kids are poisoned. Your pets are now probably already sick too and will die sooner than usual. Maybe of cancer or tumours.
Their gardens and lawns are poisoned too.
Now think about all of the restaurants and coffee shops in Flint that all cook food and clean dishes with lead-filled water. Are their farms in or near Flint? Does flint export any food?
Sure houses are now dirt-cheap but how long will it take for Flint to recover? Can they ever?
Absolutely everyone that is paying mortgage on a house there will lose their homes. The value of their homes have dropped to pennies. I doubt anyone there will have a job for much longer so the banks have to be pretty nervous too.
What a fucking disaster...
update: Damn, worse than I thought.
Flint Real Estate - Flint, MI Homes for Sale - realtor.comŽ
House for sale for only $3000.
And actually a pretty nice looking house for $8000 with a 2 car garage. Incredible.
I wonder how long before Donald Drumph buys up the entire city and sells it for 100x profit, and pays a kickback to the governor of MI?