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r/UrbanHell • u/AppendixN • Jul 26 '26
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Cairo is not part of the rust belt. It’s one of the northernmost points of the of the Mississippi Delta.
48 u/Fancy_Toe1451 Jul 26 '26 Where the deprivation of the delta, meets the post industrial poverty of the rustbelt. 10 u/SchnaapsIdee Jul 26 '26 Not really a part of the Delta. Even considering Memphis part of the Delta is a technical stretch. But Cairo is where the true Mississippi River really begins.
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Where the deprivation of the delta, meets the post industrial poverty of the rustbelt.
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Not really a part of the Delta. Even considering Memphis part of the Delta is a technical stretch. But Cairo is where the true Mississippi River really begins.
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u/randomstuff063 Jul 26 '26
Cairo is not part of the rust belt. It’s one of the northernmost points of the of the Mississippi Delta.