> Amenities Yes, but what amenities do rust-belt cities have exclusively, that other cities can’t compete with? > … [Some] people just value their local ident

> Amenities Yes, but what amenities do rust-belt cities have exclusively, that other cities can’t compete with? > … [Some] people just value their local identity too much. Sure, but I assume that there just aren’t enough of these types to stop the decline of the rust-belt, otherwise we’d see more resilience of their populations.