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Originally Posted by Failte

Cincinnati was rust belt. Maybe not as bad as some of the Great Lake cities, including Chicago, due to Cincy's lower amounts of manufacturing, but Cincy was rust belt. Cincy didn't grow as much as the Great Lake cities due to the higher manufacturing base up north which is why Cincy never developed an ethnic character. If you're including Dayton, you have to include Cincy.

Look at Cincy's population loss (-42%) it's as bad as other rust belt cities, way worse than Chicago's population loss. Cincy also has a very high poverty rate. All rust belt city attributes. Not saying Cincy isn't currently changing, like other rust best cities are, but to say Cincy was never or is not rust belt is misplaced. Cincy is recovering like many other rust belt cities as it transitions its economy.

When was Chicago rustbelt, it has always been a very diversified economy, don't quite understand that one.