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Rust Belt
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Rust Belt
An area of the United States known for manufacturing and heavy industry. The area is broadly contiguous with the upper Midwest and parts of the mid-Atlantic. States generally considered part of the Rest Belt include Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. In the early and mid 20th century, companies in the Rust Belt made cars, steel and other products. It has declined since the 1970s, though information technology and other sectors have started to take root.


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The Higher Education Initiative of Kingsport, Tennessee, has revitalized a formerly depressed rustbelt region by improving residents' academic outcomes and adapting curricula to meet the workforce needs of the medical technology, health care, and information technology industries now moving to the area.
The ad was released as Obama spent a week off the campaign trail on a family vacation in Hawaii, while McCain was addressing voters Monday and Tuesday in the hard-hit rustbelt state of Pennsylvania.
The US economy is to jump to the top of the Republican agenda in the race for the White House as the candidates go head-to-head in Michigan, the rustbelt state hit by job losses and increasing poverty.
 
 
 
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