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 | | The area around the Great Lakes became known as the Rust Belt because of its closed, deteriorating factories. |
 | | Some of the region’s major 19th-century industrial towns—Detroit, Michigan; Gary, Indiana; Akron, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania; and Buffalo, New York—lost significant population. |
 | | The cities that suffered the greatest declines were the ones most dependent on manufacturing. |
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