The American Midwest he's about to do a triple somersault. The area, long known as the Corn beltextends from Ohio to Iowa, including the states south of the great lakes, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, large parts of Nebraska and Minnesota. And at the same time it was called the Rust beltto mark its deindustrialization and the loss of jobs in closed, rusting steel and car factories.
However, with the speed typical of the American boom times, the region today is a veritable hub of technology, going from Corn to Rust to Technical zoneso much so that it makes the wealthiest areas of Silicon Valley blush with surprise and envy.
The growing success of cities like Columbusthe capital of Ohio, Indianapolisthe capital of Indiana, nicknamed Indy, which Forbes ranked fifth for it ability to create jobs in the technology sector, show that the entire Midwest is headed to a whole new destination. The impetus comes from Google, Amazon and other tech giants tHat have chosen these areas to develop huge logistics, distribution and production centers.
