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Originally Posted by Centropolis
it’s certainly metro st. louis but it was built more specifically as an industrial satellite than organic suburb of specifically st. louis, missouri.
it was built along the lines of a great lakes industrial area like northeast indiana, with even different immigrant groups, with massive industrial facilities,
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I assume you meant north
WEST Indiana
the metro east and NWI are similar forlorn heavy-industry beasts located on the other side of a state border from their central city.
Unfortunately for St. Louis, all of that mess lies
directly across the river from downtown. In chicago's case, the messiest, heaviest industry started moving down to the Calumet River region in the late 19th century, and then spilled over into NW Indiana in the early 20th, So now all of that stuff is 15+ miles south of downtown.