Posted Sep 12, 2022, 12:28 AM
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Location: Loop, Chicago
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Originally Posted by benp
Houston in the 1980s mimicked many of the losses and issues associated with the Rust Belt, following the collapse of US drilling when oil prices crashed. Bethlehem Steel, TESCO (Texas Electric Steel Co), Beaumont Well Works, Gray Tool, and many other companies involved in castings, forgings, rolling mills, manufacturing, etc closed down forever. Many parts of Houston held abandoned factories, subdivisions were abandoned, and population in Houston fell for several years in a row. Unlike Birmingham, Houston began a recovery by the early 1990s, as oil prices rose and Houston diversified its employment, and also began a greater role in O&G pipeline development and management, refining, shipping, and international finance and engineering as many companies merged and consolidated in Houston from other cities.
For those not familiar, most of the East and Southeast Houston area is very industrial with large concentrations of poor and working-class residents, and has many similarities to similar norther Rust Belt communities. These are not areas that visitors often see, or even know about, but make up at least half of the city.
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Right, hopefully Houston makes some movies to avoid being a future "Fumes belt" city in the next few decades.
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