The Rust Belt is the new cool, says GOVERNING’s editor Tod Newcombe. What makes us so cool? Besides our hip industrial cityscape, our defiance and rebellious attitude combine to make our region one fascinating place. Newcombe goes on to talk about Youngstown and how software firm Reserve Data fled pricey San Fran for inexpensive (and rust belt chic) Youngstown.
From the article:
Step aside Boston, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. Sorry, but you’re just not cool anymore. These days, you need to have crumbling roads, triple-decker apartment buildings, old-fashioned neighborhood bars and lots of rust to gain any hipster cred. When Anthony Bourdain, host of the trendy travel and food show No Reservations, passes up Tuscany, Provence and Barcelona to visit Baltimore, Buffalo and Detroit, you know the Rust Belt has arrived.
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http://Governing.com/columns/urban-notebook/Rust-Belt-Arrived.html
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