The phrase
"rust belt" refers to a region in the United States that used to have a strong manufacturing industry but experienced a decline. It is named after the rust that forms on abandoned factories and plants.
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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.
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.
Reed also addressed concerns about the proposed elimination of the Historic Tax Credit, which is commonly used to save buildings and spur economic growth
in rust belt areas like Western New York and the Southern Tier.
Arguably, the fact that Clinton won the popular vote and, that her electoral college loss amounting to approximately 100,000 votes in three
rust belt states, are factors that will no doubt continue to consume researchers.
This is where we run into another problem plaguing the Southwestern
Ontario rust belt.
Finally, he approached 35 - year - old LaToya Ruby Frazier, who recently won a MacArthur genius grant for her series on the post-industrial
rust belt town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, as seen through portraits of her mother and grandmother.
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.
Refugees are helping breathe life
into rust belt cities in Upstate New York, according to a new report.
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.
The Gigafactory 2, as it is now called, is a 10 - minute drive south of downtown Buffalo, on an 88 - acre site once home to steel mills, billowing smokestacks, and other totems of
rust belt industry.
She said voters want Republicans and Democrats to work together and Onondaga County is moving past the negativity of a polluted
rust belt region towards a bright future.
Harry Wilson is from a
depressed rust belt kind of place, just like I am, and he overcame the odds.
The same technique might even be used to survey the
US rust belt.
I found this American
Vintage rust belted mini dress gorgeous enough to go with this Eddie Bauer leather jacket.
Though it's a small story about a young man trying to rebuild his life following an extended house arrest for drug dealing, director Matthew Porterfield's sad, quiet Sollers Point is set against a larger canvas of a
dying rust belt city and the emotional struggles of its people.
The
revived rust belt city finally has a hotel as hip as the millennial makers swarming Detroit's streets.
If your desire, like mine, is for a visual smorgasboard embodying the collective wishes and hopes of a range of
rust belt artists, then Wish List should be on your (to - do) list.
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.
Engelo as I traverse this great land... one thing sticks in my mind regentrification is happening in almost all big mid
west rust belt cities... Even Detroit... and lord knows they need it..
A recent CBC discussion between Prime Minister Trudeau and «Neil from London, Ontario» have left pundits from Aaron Wherry to Adam Radwanski wondering what, if anything, can the federal government do for London and the rest of the southwestern
Ontario rust belt.
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.
The researchers conclude by observing that falling unemployment rates in industrial areas stretching from the «
rust belt» counties of the Midwest through the more recently industrialized parts of the inland Southeast suggest a possible uptick in manufacturing investment, although more information is likely to be needed to confirm that optimism.
From 1990 to 2015, population in the nine southern and gulf states grew 43 percent, to more than 76 million, and passed that of
the rust belt states in the late 1990s.
The rust belt by contrast saw a net outflow of more than 400,000 residents with college degrees between 2007 and 2014.
Population in
the rust belt grew 13 percent, to 63 million, over the same period.
Whether the «
rust belt's» expectations are met will be central to 2018 U.S. mid-term elections and likely frame the presidential race in 2020.
As President Trump faces pressure to deliver on his promise to revive manufacturing in the northern «
rust belt» states that put him in the White House, his biggest challenge may not be Mexico or China, but the southern U.S. states that form the other pillar of his political base.
It is the poorest region in France, part of the country's
rust belt, and is plagued by higher - than - average unemployment rates.
By revitalizing
the rust belt, Trump dramatically improves his chances in the 2020 elections, no matter how big the outcry from the deep blue states like New York and Californa.
These states are also known as
the rust belt, primarily due to the vast deindustrialization that has taken place over the last few generations.
The comparative advantage sweet - spot for Canada's
rust belt is the combination of a high - skilled labour force, significant quality controls and a low cost of living.
The Southwestern Ontario
rust belt can be thought of as a triangle centred on London extending from Windsor to Owen Sound to St. Catharines.
That percentage was much higher through
our rust belt, where all the communities had a heavy presence in the automotive industry.
Seen as an accelerator for harm not just inside of the nation's
rust belt, the incoming administration made it a top priority.
There seems to be a strong indication that many working - class whites in
the rust belt simply couldn't bring themselves to vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.
The rust belt has something that the southwest needs... WATER.
Look down your noses at the «
rust belt» and think because you sit on top of the oil industry that the rest of the nation will have to put up with the conservative christian bs that exudes from every pore of Texas.
He's been making noises like he wants to throw his hat into the ring, and it seems like he could fill the Joe Biden niche of trying to appeal more to the midwestern /
rust belt / blue collar portion of the electorate (of course, who knows if Biden himself gets involved).
It has been argued that blacks have been historically recruited in the south to break strikes in what is now called
the rust belt.
Citation for the climate protection initiative hurting
the rust belt?
The rust belt was about manufacturing, more than energy production.
Sorry but
the rust belt hasn't gone Red in years so your wrong.