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Gary is a steel town, and the industry is critical to its economy, but CBS News Chicago Investigators has exposed the significant industrial pollution in Northwest Indiana which partially stems from the steel production facilities in the area, as well as the health impact for people living there.
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Tara Molina, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
The Financial Times continued its series of reports on the affordability crisis in America, using Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – a former steel town – to highlight the yawning gap between rich and poor.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
Port Talbot was—and still is, just about—a steel town, but the Hopkins family were bakers.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Nearly fifty years ago, the city of Clairton was the backdrop for the movie Deer Hunter, which depicted the impact of the Vietnam War on a group of lifelong friends in a working-class steel town.
—Salena Zito, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in 1931 in the midwestern steel town of Lorain, Ohio, to parents who, like so many millions of Black Americans in that era, had fled the racial violence of the South in search of safety and economic opportunities farther north.
—Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
The drama series follows three mothers — played by Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood and Claudia Jessie — from the small British steel town of Corby whose children were all born with similar birth defects, such as missing fingers and clubbed feet.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Originally from the steel town of Weirton, WV, Harry Psaros' life is the epitome of perseverance and strong will.
—Daniel Fusch, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
The firm chosen to supply the hydrogen is UK firm Protium, which revealed to me in an email that the hydrogen will be produced at its nearby Pioneer 1 pilot project, formed in partnership with University of South Wales at the nearby steel town of Port Talbot.
—David Vetter, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Tara Molina, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
The Financial Times continued its series of reports on the affordability crisis in America, using Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – a former steel town – to highlight the yawning gap between rich and poor.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
Port Talbot was—and still is, just about—a steel town, but the Hopkins family were bakers.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Nearly fifty years ago, the city of Clairton was the backdrop for the movie Deer Hunter, which depicted the impact of the Vietnam War on a group of lifelong friends in a working-class steel town.
—Salena Zito, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in 1931 in the midwestern steel town of Lorain, Ohio, to parents who, like so many millions of Black Americans in that era, had fled the racial violence of the South in search of safety and economic opportunities farther north.
—Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
The drama series follows three mothers — played by Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood and Claudia Jessie — from the small British steel town of Corby whose children were all born with similar birth defects, such as missing fingers and clubbed feet.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Originally from the steel town of Weirton, WV, Harry Psaros' life is the epitome of perseverance and strong will.
—Daniel Fusch, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
The firm chosen to supply the hydrogen is UK firm Protium, which revealed to me in an email that the hydrogen will be produced at its nearby Pioneer 1 pilot project, formed in partnership with University of South Wales at the nearby steel town of Port Talbot.
—David Vetter, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Steel town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steel%20town. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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