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Originally Posted by Centropolis
many "rustbelt" cities had large white collar sectors that were poached over a long period of time (by places like dallas) which is still having a depressive effect. For instance, both St. Louis and Indianapolis have similar shares of college educated today, but 30 years ago St. Louis had a larger share of college educated (and likely a larger deep underclass as well).
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There's probably research to validate your point, but I always felt that those white collared jobs consolidated to the coasts, then when those industries re-expanded, those jobs went to the sun-belt.
The rust belt seem to be in a predicament where its setbacks perpetuate themselves. It's like a person who'd lost a job or had a sudden death in the family and they fall into bad habits to a point where he/she will never be his/her old self.