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The area is mostly the states near the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a>, and some of them are considered to be <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwest states</a>. This area was once known for <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a> <a href="/wiki/Production" class="mw-disambig" title="Production">production</a> and heavy <a href="/wiki/Industry" title="Industry">industry</a>. That industry has greatly decreased since the middle of the <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a>. As the name might imply, the area has sort of turned to "<a href="/wiki/Rust" title="Rust">rust</a>", like what happens to old <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a>. Much of this decrease in industry is because of the United States using <a href="/wiki/Manufacture" class="mw-redirect" title="Manufacture">manufacturers</a> from other <a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">countries</a>. It became an Industrial hub because of its proximity to The Great Lakes, canals, and rivers which companies used to access raw materials and ship out products. </p><p>Most Rust Belt <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">cities</a>, for example, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio" title="Youngstown, Ohio">Youngstown, Ohio</a>, have had a very large decrease in their <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> since the 1950s and 1960s. </p><p>Some "Rust Belt" cities include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie, Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem, 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Canada" title="Atlantic Canada">Atlantic Canada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Maritimes" title="The Maritimes">The Maritimes</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern (<a href="/wiki/Northern_Canada" title="Northern Canada">Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><ul><li><a 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title="Pacific Northwest">Pacific Northwest</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avalon_Peninsula" title="Avalon Peninsula">Avalon Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Peninsula" title="Bruce Peninsula">Bruce Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Prairies" title="Canadian Prairies">Canadian Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Shield" title="Canadian Shield">Canadian Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Canadians" title="French Canadians">French Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Bay" title="Georgian Bay">Georgian Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_Bay" title="Hudson Bay">Hudson Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labrador_Peninsula" title="Labrador Peninsula">Labrador Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_(island)" class="mw-redirect" 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title="Midwestern United States">Midwest</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Midwest" title="Upper Midwest">Upper Midwest</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachia" class="mw-redirect" title="Appalachia">Appalachia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeast</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeastern United States">Southeast</a></li> <li><a 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States">Southwestern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Four_Corners" title="Four Corners">Four Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_de_Nuevo_M%C3%A9xico" title="Santa Fe de Nuevo México">Santa Fe de Nuevo México</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_United_States" title="Western United States">Western</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basin_and_Range_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Basin and Range Province">Basin and Range Province</a></li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Northwest" title="Pacific Northwest">Pacific Northwest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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