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<p>In this Dec. 11, 2008, file photo, an abandoned home is seen in the modest residential neighborhood of Brightmoor in Detroit. Michigan is one of nine states in teh Rust Belt that will lose a House seat in 2012, a trend across the region largely reflecting young people going elsewhere in search of work, causing the northern population to become older.</p>

<p>In this Dec. 11, 2008, file photo, an abandoned home is seen in the modest residential neighborhood of Brightmoor in Detroit. Michigan is one of nine states in teh Rust Belt that will lose a House seat in 2012, a trend across the region largely reflecting young people going elsewhere in search of work, causing the northern population to become older.</p>

December 24, 2010

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Rust Belt states losing people, political clout
December 24, 2010 8 p.m.

Rust Belt states losing people, political clout

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - After years of losing residents to more prosperous states, the nation's Rust Belt now confronts another blow to its economic prospects: losing some of its votes in Congress.