Flint’s economic history is not unique. A once booming, middle-class city riding on the waves of Chevy and Buick car production was left writhing at the loss of manufacturing, much like every other “rust-belt” city in the Northeastern United States, Syracuse included. ...when the jobs left, people left with them. Those left behind were residents with little resources, skills, or education to pick themselves up and start over in a new place. The water crisis only exacerbated t