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Hi! I grew up in a Flint suburb and spent a lot of time in the city. It's been my home for 23 years until I moved to Germany. I often meet people here who think America is some grandeos place of gold, but my experience in Flint has proven otherwise. However I'm aware that it's not the same as a war torn country like Iraq is. A lot of my new friends here are refugees and migrants from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.

Is poverty and urban blight in Flint any similar to what exists in Iraq? Is there a similar problem with random violence and drug crime? Whats better about Iraq than Flint? What's worse? Thanks for reading. I sure hope I wasn't too late! It's a joy to see people from my hometown hosting AMAs :)

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Thank you much for answering my late question.

Also I just want to say cheers for having worked with the Flint Journal. I've been reading it since I was little :)