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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.

I could book a flight, renew the passport, and buy a travel authorization if I wanted to see ruins. Or,

Mythology and reality have a way of becoming synonymous, and, no, I’m not talking about the Bible. I’m talking, as

It ain’t easy being important, as Clyfford Still taught me the other day. On that particular afternoon, I found myself

I could book a flight, renew the passport, and buy a travel authorization if I wanted to see ruins. Or,

Mythology and reality have a way of becoming synonymous, and, no, I’m not talking about the Bible. I’m talking, as

It ain’t easy being important, as Clyfford Still taught me the other day. On that particular afternoon, I found myself