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		<title>Rust Belt Biennial</title>
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Robert is turning 66 next month, “if I live that long”. He says: “I believe the lord kept me here for a reason. It has to have something to do with all the stuff I’ve been through.  I was into heavy shit. Sleeping on the streets. Maybe he gave me a second chance... to do better. I am lucky.”

Robert just went through dialysis and is now waiting for a bus to Clemens Street. 

Detroit went from being one of the biggest and richest cities in America to becoming a symbol for everything that went wrong in the Rust Belt. Since 1950, it lost over 60% of its population and in 2013, the city had to file for bankruptcy. It’s also one of the most dangerous cities in the country and dubbed murder capital. You see abandoned factories and empty houses almost everywhere in Detroit: They are a symbol of the evaporation of high-paying blue collar work." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;" /><p>The “Rust Belt” Region term was officially marked back in the 80’s when Democratic presidential candidate, Walter Mondale said &#8220;turning our great industrial Midwest and the industrial base of this country into a rust bowl.&#8221; This is how many know the region for – Rust. A belt of heavy industries of steel and coal ,</p>
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