1:09:02
Why?
1:09:03
The shops are all going down,
and people just ain't...
1:09:07
got the money like they used to anymore...
1:09:10
and you can't be buying things.
1:09:12
That's why I said
my rabbit meat usually went...
1:09:16
The people of Flint
had been through the wringer.
1:09:19
Then came the lowest blow.
1:09:20
Money magazine declared Flint
the worst place to live in all the country.
1:09:24
The chamber of commerce and local
beer distributors decided to take a stand.
1:09:28
They would burn Money magazine.
1:09:30
I came to burn Money magazine,
because Flint's my adopted city.
1:09:34
I've lived in plenty of cities,
and this is one of the best.
1:09:37
There's plenty of things to do.
The economy isn't that bad off.
1:09:40
We're all hard workers and survivors,
and I support Flint.
1:09:44
This is to tell people
that Flint is our hometown.
1:09:47
There's no way on God's green earth
it's the worst place to live in the country.
1:09:51
A lot of people say
there's nothing to do in Flint. ''Ha! '' I say.
1:09:57
I mean, how many cities
have their own PGA Tour event?
1:10:02
Not that many. We have one right here.
1:10:05
How many cities have an air show
the size we have?
1:10:09
How many people have parks,
rivers and trees...
1:10:13
and huge colleges like this over here?
Not that many.
1:10:16
We've got a lot going for us,
and don't ever forget it.
1:10:20
One good way to start out
would be with a song...
1:10:22
about another industrial city
that has seen hard times.
1:10:25
The Boss, Bruce Springsteen,
singing a song about his hometown.
1:10:29
Burn, Money, burn!
1:10:31
That smells like Gary, Indiana.
1:10:33
Don't let anybody tell you
you live in the country's worst place.
1:10:36
They're wrong!
1:10:39
Good evening.
I'm Ted Koppel, and this is Nightline.
1:10:44
Flint was now in the national spotlight.
The biggest event was to come...
1:10:48
when Ted Koppel announced
he'd interview city officials live...
1:10:51
in front of city hall, on Nightline.
1:10:54
The trouble started...