The power of the rust belt

RUSTY, rusty state. The woods of rural Ohio are bursting with autumnal hues of rust.

This is the idyllic rural mid-west the settlers pointed their wagons towards, the America of farming, hunting, and fishing throwbacks.

Rusty, rusty state. Once you nose your car onto the interstate highways that link the big industrial cities of Ohio, the Huckleberry Finn stuff quickly evaporates.