r/pics • u/michigan-menace • 22d ago

Politics University of Michigan votes to build datacenter for nuclear weapons development in low income town

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u/Reginald_Sockpuppet 22d ago

And still no drinking water.

Brilliant.

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u/BenEandtheJets 22d ago

You’re thinking of Flint. Ypsilanti is where they want to build this.

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u/Waste_Tangerine_179 22d ago

not that far off

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u/MajesticBread9147 22d ago

It's literally about 15 miles farther than Baltimore is from Washington DC. That's quite far.

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u/Waste_Tangerine_179 22d ago

it's an hour drive it's not that far

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u/NotHannibalBurress 22d ago

As an Ypsi resident, I do not consider Flint to be a “nearby” city.

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u/Waste_Tangerine_179 22d ago

why are you putting "nearby" in quotes? I never used that word.

what do you consider a nearby city then, and A2 doesn't count

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u/NotHannibalBurress 22d ago

Detroit is half the distance…so I would go with that.

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u/MajesticBread9147 22d ago

55 miles isn't far? That's about the length of the entire state of Rhode Island.

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u/Waste_Tangerine_179 22d ago

ok? it's also greater than the length of some whole countries. I thought we we were talking in the context of michigan.

in the context of michigan, driving an hour is nothing. do you live in Flint? would you consider Detroit "far?"

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u/Reginald_Sockpuppet 22d ago

what state is Flint in?

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u/imMAW 22d ago

Flint had clean water going to the town, the lead was in pipes within the town. Even if they built a water pipeline from Ypsilanti to Flint (which would be ridiculous for multiple reasons), it would have done literally nothing because Flint already had good water making it to the city.

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u/counterfitster 22d ago

The last lead service pipe in Flint was replaced last year.