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I’m a Gen X doctor in the Rust Belt who cut back on medicine to compose our region’s story—our way.

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After years of listening to the coasts tell us what to think about ourselves, I couldn't take it anymore.

So I took matters into my own hands. This is the real Rust Belt.

Where am I? I asked myself. Thanks to GPS—and a still-functioning brain—I knew the answer in a spatial sense. The

What the heck is a cityist? I’ll get there. First, we have to start with some -isms. Leading the way

Sh*t happens. In my case, it’s another book. The first apology, of course, goes to mom. J.D. Salinger, in The

Where am I? I asked myself. Thanks to GPS—and a still-functioning brain—I knew the answer in a spatial sense. The

What the heck is a cityist? I’ll get there. First, we have to start with some -isms. Leading the way

Sh*t happens. In my case, it’s another book. The first apology, of course, goes to mom. J.D. Salinger, in The