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The Rust Belt is a region of the United States that experienced industrial decline starting around 1980. The U.S. manufacturing sector as a percentage of the U.S. GDP peaked in 1953 and has been in decline since, impacting certain regions and cities primarily in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the U.S., including Allentown, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Jersey City, Newark, Pittsburgh, Rochester, and other areas of New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Upstate New York. These regions experienced and, in some cases, are continuing to experience the elimination or outsourcing of manufacturing jobs beginning in the late 20th century. The term "Rust" refers to the impact of deindustrialization, economic decline, population loss, and urban decay on these regions attributable to the shrinking of the once-powerful industrial sector especially including steelmaking, automobile manufacturing, and coal mining. The term gained popularity in the U.S. beginning in the 1980s when it was commonly contrasted with the Sun Belt, which was surging.

Rust Belt - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Region in the U.S. affected by industrial decline "Steel Belt" redirects here. For the type of conveyor belt, see Steel belt . The rusting steel stacks of Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , one of the largest steel manufacturers for most of the 20th century until it abruptly discontinued most of its manufacturing in 1982, declared bankruptcy in 2001 and dissolved in 2003 The Rust Belt , formerly the Steel Belt or Factory Belt , is an area of the United States that underwent substantial industrial decline in t

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