In Lima, which has lost 1,600 jobs since Bush became president, more than 1,000 of them in manufacturing,
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/082904/ele_082904077.shtml
I was raised in NE Ohio. The steel belt had become the rust belt long before Bush.
Sorry, forgot to add:
And the number one reason was the insane unions driving away jobs. I had an uncle working at auto assembly in the area. He eventually got requirements set up for the number of pieces that had to be made per day. They worked at the job for an hour then played cards for 7 hours for their 8 hour pay.