article_snippet.sent: The rust belt straddles the upper northeastern US, the Great Lakes, and the Midwest states, while the coal region is found in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the spine of the Appalachian Mountains.
article_snippet.sent: Racism is also common in the 'rust belt' which straddles the upper Northeastern US, the Great Lakes, and the Midwest statesthe Midwest states.
highlights_snippet.sent: It also appears in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Ohio and New York .
  