Rust and Sun Belt in America

tHE SUN AND RUST BELT

IN AMERICA

The Rust Belt :manufacturing, steelmaking, and coal-producing heartland of US

Detroit - Michigan

TIMELINE

2010

1980

23rd July 1967

1950

1900

Highest percentage of black residents

Africans Américans = majority of the population

most violents and bloodiest riots in the American history

decline of the population

"City of Motors"

Poverty

19.4 %16,3%13,8%12,6%

90 %

5 %

of Detroit eighth-graders

of public school students

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection. Latest national data available are from 2015-16.

American planes in construction

FORD MOTOR COMPAGNY

Henry Ford Hospital

Ford’s Rouge River

18 billion in dept

1st American city in bankruptcy

Since this crisis...

- gross domestic product = $322.6 billion - annual unemployment rate = 3,7

The Sun Belt :- sunny climate - attractive quality of life - strong economic dynamism

lAS-vEGAS Nevada

PRIMARY / secondary schools

- 49th = academic growth- 28th = progress - 42nd= graduation rates

creation of Las vegas

CURRENT LAS VEGAS

Industrialisation

North Las Vegas

Fort Baker

ECONOMY

- the "richest" city in America - huge tourism - total economic output from visitor spending: $79,3 billion (+24%)

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