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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.

Guess the Burg—this may sound familiar to you. Back in January 2024, I did one of these, and according to

Martin Luther King Jr.—now that man knew how to dream. Of course, he wouldn’t live to see his dream come

Does this even mean anything? That’s the question I found myself asking when, on October 9, 2026, I got the

Guess the Burg—this may sound familiar to you. Back in January 2024, I did one of these, and according to

Martin Luther King Jr.—now that man knew how to dream. Of course, he wouldn’t live to see his dream come

Does this even mean anything? That’s the question I found myself asking when, on October 9, 2026, I got the