We have wondered if the attraction of cheap real estate might lead to the revitalization
of rust belt cities into greener, more self sufficient communities.
It appears from a link he posted that he has been a active part of self sufficient lifestyle, along with organic style farming in one
of the rust belt cities in america hit hard with manufacturing jobs going, and economic decline.
Not exact matches
The loss
of manufacturing has crushed
rust belt cities like Cleveland, but a medical renaissance has helped
city businesses to rebound.
The Australian
rust belt city of Adelaide wants to replicate the same innovation model that has revived American
cities like Chattanooga and Pittsburgh.
Most important is coming from — not a quaint small town right out
of It's a Wonderful Life — but a gritty
rust belt city in sharp decline.
Mahoney said the county is moving past the negative image
of a polluted
rust belt city and on to a debate about whether to have a beach on Onondaga Lake.
Like other
rust -
belt cities, Peoria, Illinois has faced the loss
of important manufacturing and other economic opportunities over the last few decades.
TreeHugger writers Lloyd Alter and John Laumer have made the case that
rust belt cities near bodies
of water are prime to become the next green economic centers.
Here at TreeHugger, we have been writing for years about the merits
of supporting local farmers, vendors and craftspeople, about the advantages
rust belt cities will have in the future, with their water, their transportation infrastructure
of rail, road and canal; their temperate climate in a warmer world.