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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.

Please don’t tell my wife about my daydream from hell. I was supposed to be working—or doing the dishes. For

The Devil Wears Prada—you know the story. First came the 2003 novel courtesy Lauren Weisberger, inspired by her stint working

You can blame The Wall Street Journal for this Great Lakes reading list. After all, it was the New York

Please don’t tell my wife about my daydream from hell. I was supposed to be working—or doing the dishes. For

The Devil Wears Prada—you know the story. First came the 2003 novel courtesy Lauren Weisberger, inspired by her stint working

You can blame The Wall Street Journal for this Great Lakes reading list. After all, it was the New York