Places/place
Flint, Michigan
2019-09-08, 2 mentions2019-12-15, 1 mention2021-08-15, 1 mention2023-03-18, 1 mention2023-06-18, 1 mention2024-11-02, 1 mention
Tim’s take
Flint is his stock example of American collapse, always tied to the water crisis, and he reaches for it whenever he needs a punchline for a place nobody should go on purpose 53:16 1:01:51 5:45. He also uses it more seriously as the marker for what happens when elites let a city fail, and as the bar Austin or San Francisco might eventually sink to 1:41:44 5:28 30:19. There's no evolving argument here, just the same reference point recycled across bits and rants 26:23.
Every Reference (7)
"to learn how the world really works go take a vacation to Flint Michigan drink some"
"honeymoon you go to Assyria where you might get killed or go to Flint Michigan at night I understand that now even though this is kind of"
Learning Through 'Extreme' Vacations: Yemen, Flint, and the Cruise Ship — 164 - Life In The Big City+36s into the segment"very long time to just allow lard and listen Youngstown Ohio Flint Michigan Detroit this is not Bridgeport Connecticut none of this is"
Elites Letting Cities Fail and the Coming Mega-City Slums — #178 - Secret Society | The Tim Dillon Show+52s into the segment"get some hoses i mean when you drive around flint michigan or when you drive around any of these places you go more and more of the"
Future Luxury: Private ERs and the Next Level After Dystopia — #264 - Time Is A Fat Circle | The Tim Dillon Show+172s into the segment"has seen better days you know will Austin one day look like Flint Michigan oh I mean will Austin one day look you know because we go"
Tech's Coming Rust Belt Fate (Austin, San Francisco, Kodak Factory) — Please Behave | The Tim Dillon Show #338+209s into the segment"go to Flint Michigan and the here's actually why you can't get mad at me because I know people are getting maybe like they're like oh this is actually not tasteful it is and I'll tell you why"
Gawking at the Homeless Helps Them (and a Woman in a Wheelchair) — How To Help | The Tim Dillon Show #350+15s into the segment"luxury and K yeah yeah yeah and they should have done it in Flint Michigan it's not the point don't go down this road boy is that a bad"
Getting Pumped Up to Fight Iran Again — Pizza Hut & Birkin Bags | The Tim Dillon Show #415+9s into the segment