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An Analysis of the Rust Belt’s Society’s Current Situation and Challenges

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The Rust Belt region, which includes the heavy industry towns and cities alongside the railroad and the Great Lakes in the central United States, has faced severe crises after iron companies quit. Significant changes in population structure and local communities happened in the next 30 years that changed everything in these cities; hundreds of smoking factories, jobs, and unions vanished, leaving a rusted town where everyone was escaping. This essay analysed the local communities in the Rust Belt region and cities like Youngstown, Ohio and Gary, Illinois. Deeply analysed local communities' racial structure and the change in regional minimum wage suppliers, finding that the rust belt area has lost population, decreased income, and worsened social security. These combined features caused the crisis of the local community.

Source: Advances in Economics Management and Political Sciences

DOI: 10.54254/2754-1169/2025.bl24583

Author: Langji Zhu

Institution: Beijing Normal University

Language: English

Topic: Urbanization and City Planning

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4412038419

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