Rust Belt

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The Rust Belt is a region in the northeastern and midwestern United States historically dominated by manufacturing and heavy industry that has experienced significant economic decline and population loss since the late 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic region
informal region
region
alsoKnownAs Factory Belt
linked to: Manufacturing Belt

Manufacturing Belt
contrastedWith Sun Belt
country United States
experienced deindustrialization
economic decline
factory closures
job losses in manufacturing
population loss
urban decay
hasIssue aging infrastructure
economic restructuring
industrial pollution
hasMajorCity Akron
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Flint
linked to: Flint, Michigan

Gary
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Toledo
Youngstown
hasState Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wisconsin
hasTrend efforts at economic revitalization
growth of service sector
growth of technology sector in some cities
historicalIndustry automobile manufacturing
coal mining
heavy industry
machinery manufacturing
manufacturing
steel production
historicalPeriodOfProsperity early 20th century
late 19th century
post–World War II era
locatedIn Great Lakes region
Midwestern United States
Northeastern United States
nameRefersTo rusting factories
periodOfDecline 1970s
1980s
1990s
late 20th century

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Pittsburgh region partOf Rust Belt
Uniontown, Pennsylvania isPartOf United States Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Cleveland partOf Rust Belt
Columbus, Ohio isPartOf Rust Belt
Gary, Indiana partOf Rust Belt
Homestead, Pennsylvania partOf Rust Belt
Braddock, Pennsylvania partOf Rust Belt
Duquesne, Pennsylvania region Rust Belt
Duquesne, Pennsylvania economicRegion American Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Beaver County isPartOfRegion Rust Belt
Buffalo region Rust Belt
Rochester partOf Rust Belt
Ecorse, Michigan partOf United States Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Bible Belt contrastedWith Rust Belt
Manufacturing Belt relatedConcept American industrial heartland
linked to: Rust Belt
Youngstown locatedInRegion Rust Belt
Fort Wayne, Indiana partOf Rust Belt
Gary locatedIn American Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Utica, New York partOf Rust Belt
East Chicago, Indiana partOf Rust Belt
East St. Louis, Illinois belongsTo United States Midwest urban industrial belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania partOf Rust Belt
Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English hasSociolinguisticAssociation Rust Belt cities
linked to: Rust Belt
Tonawanda, New York locatedIn Rust Belt
Erie partOf Rust Belt
Hammond, Indiana economicRegion Rust Belt
Dunkirk, New York isPartOf United States Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Kenosha locatedInEconomicRegion Rust Belt
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania partOf Rust Belt
Fremont, Ohio demographicRegion Rust Belt
subject linked to: Fremont, Ohio, United States
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania isPartOf United States Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Monaca isPartOf United States Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
New Brighton, Pennsylvania partOf United States Rust Belt
subject linked to: New Brighton
linked to: Rust Belt
Donora, Pennsylvania partOf Rust Belt
Jeannette, Pennsylvania partOf United States Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Hancock County, West Virginia isPartOf United States Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Western Pennsylvania historicallyPartOf American Rust Belt
linked to: Rust Belt
Western Pennsylvania historicallyPartOf U.S. steel-producing belt
linked to: Rust Belt
McKeesport isPartOf Rust Belt
New Castle, Pennsylvania partOf Rust Belt