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Bookmark or Share- Rust Belt | Definition, Map, States, & Cities | BritannicaRust Belt, geographic region of the United States that was long the country’s manufacturing, steelmaking, and coal-producing heartland but that underwent dramatic industrial decline that resulted in widespread unemployment, increased poverty, decay, and population loss.
- The Decline of the U.S. Rust Belt: A Macroeconomic AnalysisNo region of the United States fared worse over the post-war period than the area known as the “Rust Belt.” While there is no official definition of the Rust Belt, it has come to mean the heavy manufacturing zone bordering the Great Lakes, and including such cities as Detroit and Pittsburgh.
- Where Is the Rust Belt? - Belt MagazineChicago’s economy has always been too diverse to fit that description, but some areas of the South Side and surrounding suburbs qualify as Rust Belt. Columbus is peripherally Rust Belt, though its manufacturing base is the least of the Rust Belt cities.
- Rust Belt: Definition, Why It’s Called That, List of StatesThe Rust Belt refers to the geographic region from New York through the Midwest that was once dominated by manufacturing. The Rust Belt is synonymous with regions facing industrial decline and...
- Rust belt Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of RUST BELT is the northeastern and midwestern states of the U.S. in which heavy industry has declined —called also rust bowl.
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