Rust Belt Chic: America’s Post-Industrial Cities Begin Attracting Young Adults

St. Louis, Pittsburgh and especially Cleveland are all reversing a longstanding outflow of under-35-year-olds. “And as a mountain of ‘Viva Detroit!’ news stories have made clear, Motor City is now the official cool-kids destination, adding thousands of young artists, entrepreneurs and urban farmers even as its general population evaporates.” The real estate, after all, is far cheaper than in Brooklyn and Seattle.