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Originally Posted by Obadno
eh, I think the Rust belt at best can extend to Great lake cities in Upstate NY and maybe west Virginia, but once we cross the Appalachians I think its eastern Seaboard.
Rust belt comes from the Iron/steel belt which were the great lake industrial cities who began to lose their industry in the 1970's (even though thats largely a misconception some classic heavy industry disappeared but there is still plenty of manufacturing all over the "rust" belt)
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Rust Belt are former industrial/ manufacturing cities. Not necessarily iron/ steel industry. Not sure what industry dominated Baltimore but it's in the Mid-Atlantic which is heavily Rust Belt.