# Rust Belt

> region of the United States in the Midwest and the Great Lakes, in which industry declined since the 1980s, experiencing deindustrialization, economic decline, population loss, or urban decay

**Wikidata**: [Q781973](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q781973)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_Belt)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/rust-belt


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. Quora