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At the dawn of the 20th centure Duluth, Minnesota was considered to become the next Chicago. The Mesabi Iron mines produced most of the worlds iron ore, and Northern Minnesota became the start of what is known as the rust belt. My question is.. how can northern minnesota have a higher population and be more economically prosperous with a POD no earlier then 1900. In OTL, US Steel pulled out of Duluth and due to the steel glut in the 80's, the region declined. Duluth was forced to drop heavy industry and focus on tourism, today Duluth is stuggling. It was listed as a retirement bomb due to the fact that the city will be unable to fund the pensions of the retiring baby boomers...
I don't know how many people know anything about Northern Minnesota but i was thinking about doing a timeline so any comments would be very helpful