Haha...I got a bit of a chuckle at first from that, because in Michigan, "Flint" means the closest you can get to hell on earth, short of driving an hour south to Detroit, that is.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell