US geography question

[Liar]

I stumbled upon the following phrase today.

'For people who live in the region where the Acela Stretch hits the Rust Belt...'

What the hell are those and were the hell is that?

 

[Saucy_Sage]

I stumbled upon the following phrase today.

'For people who live in the region where the Acela Stretch hits the Rust Belt...'

What the hell are those and were the hell is that?

My guess, without doing any Googling, is that this is a take off of the old tire ads about "where the rubber hits the road." That would make the Acela Stretch a tire, and the Rust Belt would be those states, like Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, etc., that have been hemorrhaging manufacturing jobs in the last several decades.

I'm sure there's a "real" answer, but it's more fun this way...

 

[JagFarlane]

I stumbled upon the following phrase today.

'For people who live in the region where the Acela Stretch hits the Rust Belt...'

What the hell are those and were the hell is that?

Acela is a high speed train run by Amtrak that runs from Washington DC to NYC

 

[Liar]

I Googlinated and found the Rust Belt beling what you described. Illinois to Pennsylvania, pretty much. Still coming up short on Acela Stretch. Something to do with Amtrak apparently.

 

[JagFarlane]

I Googlinated and found the Rust Belt beling what you described. Illinois to Pennsylvania, pretty much. Still coming up short on Acela Stretch. Something to do with Amtrak apparently.

Well figure that the Acela train runs through Philadelphia and since the rust belt runs into PA...makes some sense I suppose

 

[Liar]

Acela is a high speed train run by Amtrak that runs from Washington DC to NYC

Ah. so that would mean the sentence pretty much describe east-ish PA or NJ, I guess.

 

[3113]

Ah. so that would mean the sentence pretty much describe east-ish PA or NJ, I guess.

Rust belt because they did a lot of mining for iron and other metals in those areas? Or because they made steel?

 

[TE999]

Rust belt because they did a lot of mining for iron and other metals in those areas? Or because they made steel?

Because the iron and steel foundries have all but closed down. There's a few mini-mills, but that's about it.

Now iron ore is shipped overseas for processing into products. It's cheaper.

 

[Saucy_Sage]

If if runs the regular Amtrak route it would be the area of Pa. north of Wilmington, Delaware.

 

[only_more_so]

I stumbled upon the following phrase today.

'For people who live in the region where the Acela Stretch hits the Rust Belt...'

What the hell are those and were the hell is that?

I would say that geographically, that is eastern PA, or NJ.

But really the point is more metaphorical. The rust belt being all of the mining and manufacturing that has gone by the wayside. The Acela stretch being the realm of the businessman, stock broker, politician, etc.

 

[neonlyte]

I would say that geographically, that is eastern PA, or NJ.

But really the point is more metaphorical. The rust belt being all of the mining and manufacturing that has gone by the wayside. The Acela stretch being the realm of the businessman, stock broker, politician, etc.

Acela transports the Ivy League from Boston to Washinton and vice versa, to do so, it has to pass through Ironbridge (NJ) not so much a place as a fictional geographical entity spawn on iron ore mining, smelting, foundaries and the 'rusting ironbridges' that both connect and divide New Jersey.

 

[Lisa Denton]

I stumbled upon the following phrase today.

'For people who live in the region where the Acela Stretch hits the Rust Belt...'

What the hell are those and were the hell is that?

Acela Stretch is an interwoven elasticized fabric weave produced mainly in the eastern Xiong provinces of China. The silk used in the weave makes it a much sought after elastic for expensive lingerie.

The Rust Belt is a southern US term for someone who's belt never gets undone much.

Peoples who live in the region where the Acela Stretch hits the Rust Belt is mosly used as a term for women who wear 900 dollar panties but never let anybody see them ....... mostly.