As Middle Tennessee continues to experience rapid growth, we must understand the "spatial echo" of this expansion—specifically how displacement in the urban core ripples outward, creating infrastructural strain on our satellite cities.

The Flint I grew up in was different. It was much more full of life. Don’t get me wrong, we were still considered poor, but there was something there. A pulse. A sense of community and industry, even as the "last hired, first fired" reality of deindustrialization began to take its toll. We had neighbors, block parties, and a feeling that we were part of a city that, while tough, was still whole.