Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 54 poverty stricken 52 impoverished 50 Rust Belt 46 hardscrabble 46 blue collar 45 economically 44 rural 43 economically disadvantaged 42 sparsely populated 42 revitalization 41 revitalize 41 brownfields 41 Appalachia 41 underdeveloped 41 heartland 40 disadvantaged 40 blighted 40 poorest 40 jobs 40 underserved 39 ghetto 39 suburbs 39 neighborhoods 39 tax abatements 39 heavily populated 38 northeast 38 coal mining 38 area 38 Economically 38 urban renewal 38 downtrodden 38 ghettos 38 downtowns 38 downtown revitalization 38 communities 38 towns 37 region 37 outlying 37 outlying areas 37 prosperous 37 lawless 37 Bible Belt 37 southeast 36 populous 36 densely populated 36 affordable housing 36 brownfield 36 upstate 35 backwater 35 destitute 35 revitalizing 35 southwestern 35 downstate 35 joblessness 35 northeastern 35 unemployment rate 35 hurricane ravaged 35 socially conservative 35 southeastern 35 autoworkers 35 disenfranchised 35 underprivileged 35 southwest 34 poverty 34 abject poverty 34 unemployed 34 Workforce Investment 34 northwest 34 landlocked 34 affluent 34 townships 34 underutilized 34 poorer 34 eastern 34 desolate 34 steel mill 34 unemployment 34 tax increment financing 34 hamlet 34 town 34 hinterland 33 undeveloped 33 economic 33 western 33 panhandle 33 lifelong resident 33 Block Grant 33 steel mills 33 northern 33 neighborhood 33 unincorporated 33 median household 33 elsewhere 33 walkable 33 environmentally sensitive 33 troubled 33 steelworkers 33 skilled workforce 33 northwestern 33 drought stricken 33 ravaged