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What exactly is the rust belt? to me it seems like places like Toledo and Gary etc.
Is the NE part of the rust belt? I thought this was basically a midwest versus Sunbelt; i think I misunderstood what this thread is about. I always thought the rust belt was west of the applacians and east of the great plains and north of the south (like that last description)
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What exactly is the rust belt? to me it seems like places like Toledo and Gary etc.
Is the NE part of the rust belt? I thought this was basically a midwest versus Sunbelt; i think I misunderstood what this thread is about. I always thought the rust belt was west of the applacians and east of the great plains and north of the south (like that last description)
That's the official rustbelt, but many include Boston, and up state NT as well.
So based on this it excludes all the cities in the NE, NYC, Philly, Balt, DC, and Boston; ok fair enough; I didnt think i lived in the rust belt maybe Pharma and Finance belt
What exactly is the rust belt? to me it seems like places like Toledo and Gary etc.
Is the NE part of the rust belt? I thought this was basically a midwest versus Sunbelt; i think I misunderstood what this thread is about. I always thought the rust belt was west of the applacians and east of the great plains and north of the south (like that last description)
Like dude, the rust belt is more like a state of mind man.
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So based on this it excludes all the cities in the NE, NYC, Philly, Balt, DC, and Boston; ok fair enough; I didnt think i lived in the rust belt maybe Pharma and Finance belt
There's like a faint red where NYC and Baltimore, and Chicago are, so it counts.
My bad last post had a typo, upstate "NY" not NT lol.
There's like a faint red where NYC and Baltimore, and Chicago are, so it counts.
My bad last post had a typo, upstate "NY" not NT lol.
"The region can be broadly defined as the region beginning WEST of the Northeast Megalopolis and running west to Minnesota"
That would exclude the cities in the NE based on the definition and honestly I have lived in the NE my whole life (NYC, DC, Hoboken, and obviously Philly) and I have never thought of any of these places as rust belt - a serious question are these percieved that way? maybe Allentown but not east of there? Everyone I know is in Pharma, Hedge Funds, or a Lawyer or Dr. Yes Philly was a huge industrial engine 50 or 100 or 150 years ago but the economy has long sinces transformed; Telecomunications, Pharma, Finance, and Insurance. I guess I never thought of this area as the rust belt and was surprised when i read the comparisons to the cities in the NE
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"The region can be broadly defined as the region beginning WEST of the Northeast Megalopolis and running west to Minnesota"
That would exclude the cities in the NE based on the definition and honestly I have lived in the NE my whole life (NYC, DC, Hoboken, and obviously Philly) and I have never thought of any of these places as rust belt - a serious question are these percieved that way? maybe Allentown but not east of there? Everyone I know is in Pharma, Hedge Funds, or a Lawyer or Dr. Yes Philly was a huge industrial engine 50 or 100 or 150 years ago but the economy has long sinces transformed; Telecomunications, Pharma, Finance, and Insurance. I guess I never thought of this area as the rust belt and was surprised when i read the comparisons to the cities in the NE
Surprising to see the polls turnouts for this thread, I assume that many people considered themselves rustbelt, by identifying themselves from the northern areas. (Midwest, northest, etc)
Chicago, IMO, is not rust belt whatsoever. I mean, there are a few shuttered old factories, but the city has rocked out on reinventing itself time and time again. The western suburbs of Chicago, where Im from, are about the furthest thing from rust belt that you can imagine. In fact, it quite reminds me of the sun belt in many areas.... tons of new strip malls, mile upon mile of tract housing, everything new is painted in earth tones, etc, etc. If it werent for the charming, old-school suburbs like Geneva, St. Charles, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Hinsdale, etc, I think I wouldnt like the area nearly as much as I do, because its too new and too flavorless in many areas.
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Chicago, IMO, is not rust belt whatsoever. I mean, there are a few shuttered old factories, but the city has rocked out on reinventing itself time and time again. The western suburbs of Chicago, where Im from, are about the furthest thing from rust belt that you can imagine. In fact, it quite reminds me of the sun belt in many areas.... tons of new strip malls, mile upon mile of tract housing, everything new is painted in earth tones, etc, etc. If it werent for the charming, old-school suburbs like Geneva, St. Charles, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Hinsdale, etc, I think I wouldnt like the area nearly as much as I do, because its too new and too flavorless in many areas.
Chicago is a great example of a city that has diversified it's economy. That's an example that I believe other cities across the country can follow even LA.
Chicago, IMO, is not rust belt whatsoever. I mean, there are a few shuttered old factories, but the city has rocked out on reinventing itself time and time again. The western suburbs of Chicago, where Im from, are about the furthest thing from rust belt that you can imagine. In fact, it quite reminds me of the sun belt in many areas.... tons of new strip malls, mile upon mile of tract housing, everything new is painted in earth tones, etc, etc. If it werent for the charming, old-school suburbs like Geneva, St. Charles, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Hinsdale, etc, I think I wouldnt like the area nearly as much as I do, because its too new and too flavorless in many areas.
I agree about Chicago not being 'Rust Belt'...its' diverse economy IMO exempts it from its' sister cities in the region.
However, I am amused (as usual) by your attempt to characterize the Sunbelt cities as 'one note' cities having nothing but 'flavorless' suburbs, with 'miles upon miles of tract housing'...yes, they do have their share of those areas (as does Chicago, as you so graciously pointed out), but apparently you are unaware (or unwilling to acknowledge) that the Sunbelt cities also have 'old-school' suburbs, as you put it. For all the neighborhoods that you cite in Chicago, I could in Atlanta cite Midtown, Virginia-Highland, Poncey-Highland, Inman Park, Grant Park, Candler Park, Decatur, Druid Hills, Decatur, Morningside, Brookwood Hills, Buckhead, Brookhaven, West End, Ansley Park...'etc'.
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maybe Pharma and Finance belt
