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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..
And never underestimate the problems typical to
rust belt cities.
What makes this «
rust belt city» so dynamic, diverse, international?
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.
Our rust belt cities have water, electricity, surrounding farmland, railways and even canals.