As steel mill after mill shuttered in the last two decades of the 20th century, people began to leave the communities to find new work – mostly service jobs in larger cities. But why did so many others stay even as the local economy collapsed?
https://theconversation.com/why-people-stay-after-local-economies-collapse-a-story-of-home-among-the-ghosts-of-shuttered-steel-mills-231370