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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.

By you, I mean me. Because it takes someone special to cry over Census data. And by special, I mean

New Orleans. Was it 1718? I mean the year you were founded by the French guy with the long name.

Be honest—you thought my favorite year in music would be 1971 or 1991. But let me tell you something—aside from

By you, I mean me. Because it takes someone special to cry over Census data. And by special, I mean

New Orleans. Was it 1718? I mean the year you were founded by the French guy with the long name.

Be honest—you thought my favorite year in music would be 1971 or 1991. But let me tell you something—aside from