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The way the greater Flint area's zip codes and address system works out had some other interesting impacts, as well, from a business perspective. After the crisis became more public, we started seeing businesses who were in Flint (greater Flint area, Flint mailing address), but not the City of Flint (the affected area), putting up signs and trying to make very obvious that they didn't have Flint water.

The City of Flint's water system is isolated from the rest of the county, which falls under the Genesee County Drain Commission's jurisdiction and is connected to the Detroit water system. It is still difficult to get some people to understand that they are different things (have had to explain to family many times that while we live in "Flint", we are not on Flint water). It would be interesting to see a study done on the effect this had on businesses both within the city and in the greater Flint area.