From Riches to Rustbelt: A Microcosm of the 2022 Midterms

From Riches to Rustbelt: A Microcosm of the 2022 Midterms
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Ohio’s Lorain County, located along Lake Erie 30 miles west of Cleveland, is a textbook example of a region that has gone from riches to rustbelt.

Because of the protracted deterioration of major manufacturing, the resulting loss of jobs, and the county’s empty downtown storefronts, many consider it ground zero for the direction that the region—and maybe the United States—could go in next.