> Flint is often a forgot about place in the world.

At least this Dutch boys knows about Flint through Sufjan Steven's song "Flint (For The Unemployed And Underpaid)"[1]:

    It's the same outside  
    Driving to the riverside  
    I pretend to cry  
    Even if I cried alone

    I forgot the start  
    Use my hands to use my heart  
    Even if I died alone  
    Even if I died alone

    Since the first of June  
    Lost my job  
    And lost my room  
    I pretend to try  
    Even if I tried alone

    I forgot the part  
    Use my hands to use my heart  
    Even if I died alone  
    Even if I died alone  
    Even if I died alone  
    Even if I died alone  
    Even if I died

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAJCUGD6FtM (I rather like this fan-made video)