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FLINT, MI

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Guess the most miserable city?

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Forbes has released the 10 most miserable cities for 2009. Guess who won?
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CREATIVE

FEARMONGER

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The Teapot, Boiling

Can cogent analysis pave the way to creative solutions? A frog in a pot slowly heating relaxes and gets cooked. Rustbelt cities such as Buffalo are in danger of turning "red" with populist-fanned resentment. Fascism in our future? Or can we be induced to jump?
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SMART

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Flint may bulldoze 40% houses and shrink the city

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The plan has been backed by Dan Kildee (above), the treasurer of Genesee County, which includes Flint. The goal would be to create a smaller, more manageable city with improved services. If the plan is adopted the city would bulldoze entire neighborhoods--as much as 40 percent of its area--and return the land to nature.
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