Rust Belt and Deindustrialization in USA

Rust Belt
The Rust Belt is a term which describes a geographic region the lie from New York and stretches
through the Midwest. This region was once dominated by the Coal industry, steel production,
and manufacturing. This was due to the area being in close proximity to the great lakes, canals,
and rivers, allowing companies to have easy access to raw materials and later ship out finished
products. During the late 1970s, industrial work had a sharp decline. Many factories were
abandoned and left to rust, hence the name “Rust Belt”. This deindustrialization was a result of
increased cost of domestic labor, international competition, technology advancements replacing
workers, and the manufacturing nature of capital-intensive. This in turn lead to change in the
urban landscape and a majority of local population to move to other parts of the country for
work. This deindustrialization had a large effect on the population. Most of the population
moved to other regions of the country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the two-year
average poverty rate from 2019 to 2020 in the states part of the rust belt were mostly above 10%.

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