Flint is a canary in the coal mine and has been for the last couple decades. One of the first memories of Flint I had was when my kids dad took me up there. The stores all had bars on the doors and windows and that wasn't even enough the people inside were encased behind thick plastic walls where you handed your stuff through a turn style. Visiting some friends of his one person stood guard at the door with a shot gun while the other person came out and unlocked the gate.....it was a whole another world there compared to here. It got worse over the years as the very last visit when my kids were teenagers we stopped for a family reunion there on our way to Frankenmuth and sitting in the backyard you could hear bullets ringing out from the other side of Dort. I asked them aren't you worried about that and they said the violence tends to stay on the other side of Dort. I think it's a bit easier for you because you don't have to think about raising kids in that kind of environment, if you had kids I think you'd think twice. We've had several shootings this year on our side of town which is why I've been looking, I haven't found anything yet, plus rentals are slow to sell right now because of all the no eviction mandates so even if I found something I am not sure I could get it if I couldn't sell my place fast enough. I am keeping my eyes on a duplex that went up for sale a couple days ago across the park on the south side to see if it sells fast...there's another one on the opposite end of the park from that one that is an apartment dwelling and that one has been sitting for awhile...usually they sell as fast as they get listed. The houses the realtor puts in my email that shows houses up for sale in neighboring suburbs/townships are flying off the market within a day or two...I think all this violence is prompting people to get out while they can, seems like a reversal of gentification trend.