Picturesque Geography:
Flint To Detroit
I find the idea
of exploring the idea of geography very interesting. I think that each location
and town hold a different story and meaning to everyone that has been there.
Geography can mean nothing to one person, and so many different things to
another person. To me geography and places is not what people get attached to
it is the memories they experienced there.
I personally
have never made the drive from Flint to Detroit, but I have heard many things
about each city. Not growing up around here, all I heard is that both cities
have a very high crime rate and are very scary to in. So many people that have
not been in the Detroit area probably have the same ideas in their head as I
did. By showing other people the other things the detroit area has to offer can
really help open peoples eyes and let them see the other sides Detroit and
Flint have to offer.
You make a really good point that some places or cities mean different things to different people. Most people look at Flint as a high crime ghetto however, 35 years ago it was a very affluent community, it thrived because of the auto plants and the people employed by them, on all levels, from white-collar workers to blue-collar workers. The decline of Flint was well documented by the famous documentary film maker Michael Moore, a former Flint resident,in his film Roger and me. If your interested in seeing what that city used to be you should check it out. It's very well done and was his breakout movie; it also supports your comment how cities mean different things to different people because it focuses on his passion for the city and what it once was.
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point that the cities both have major similarities between them. And each person who lives there will have their own opinions on how good or bad it is in those areas. It will be interesting to see how drastic the cities change as Alex moves down I-75 into the different areas surrounding it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Allie. I think that the fact that Alex is using geography can change the interpretation for each person that views it. In my blog as well, I noted that it would be interesting to see how someone from our area would view this project vs. someone who doesn't know much about flint or detroit.
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