You don't bring them up, you bring others down.
Flint was a shithole long before lead water issues. People were fleeing flint 50 years ago to escape how shitty it had become, even before the death of the auto industry. It hasn't been a viable city since the '70s. It was at one time a beautiful city, like most American cities, then it got blacked. That's death blow for any city. Ghetto black culture is societal cancer.
Once upon a time, our northwest side was a lovely area with a large shopping mall that had a perimeter ring that had bars and restaurants. We went there all the time. It was a business utopia. They started building condos around the mall. It was really nice.
Then the blacks came.
Ten years later, the mall became vacant and is currently slated ti be torn down. Businesses fled. It's one of the most dangerous areas of the city now.
A North Shore mall made extensive renovations and attracted many independent breweries and restaurants. They made it an outdoor mall, and it was so cute! A great place to walk around at Christmas for the lights and cheer.
Then the blacks came.
About seven years later (current day), the restaurants and bars are moving out. No anchor stores anymore. The developers are putting in a shitload more cash to re-renovate it. Can't talk about the real reason why it went downhill.
There's one more mall just west of my city that is going to be next. Why? Because over the past month the blacks have caused problems and fighting. Including the night of Thanksgiving. An initiative is now feeding the homeless three days a week in the mall. It's gonna get blacked soon enough.
They RUIN. EVERYTHING and we can't do shit about it. They are literally running amok in the city, driving like wild people, killing kids and shooting on the freeways. It's a real mess.
eta: Forgot about our flagship downtown mall. hahahaha yeah. It's barren.