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Submitted by Nitpicker : Brorice
Movie : Fahrenheit 9/11 - 2004
Nitpick Category : Historical Fact
Nitpick Number : 69526
Approximate time of Nitpick : 2/3 of the way through
Summary : Moore's hometown?
Detail : Moore calls Flint, Michigan, his hometown. Michael Moore actually grew up and went to High School in Davison, Michigan, which is much more well to do than Flint.


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Davison = Flint

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by DavidBowman   Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:29 PM

There's no substantive difference between Davison and Flint. One is a suburb of the other, with Flint being the more dominant & well-known of the two. The center of the suburb Davison is within 5 miles of Flint's border. Moore is substantially correct to call Flint his hometown, since he grew up in one of the small areas immediately adjacent to the much-better-known Flint, Michigan.

 

Davison is NOT Flint

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by 42344   Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:29 PM

Davison, MI is a town of its own. It is NOT part of Flint. I am from Weston,MA just outside Boston. When I talk to people outside MA I say I'm from Boston because no one outside MA knows where Weston is, but most know where Boston is, it makes the conversation easier. If Moore was stating he was from Flint for that reason I guess it would be OK. But Moore tries to be portrayed as a blue-collar, Mill working, Flint native. That is not true at all. He is from Davison, MI a lilly white, well to-do community. Go talk to the people from Flint and see if they think Davison is just like Flint! Is Compton, CA just like Beverly Hills??? Their close too. How about Harlem and Manhattan? Go talk to some one from South Boston and they will tell you I'm from Weston NOT Boston.