What caused East St. Louis to lose jobs and population?
Industrial decline and riots
Natural disasters
Lack of resources
Isolation
Answer
East St. Louis, like many cities in the Rust Belt, was severely affected by the loss of jobs due to the flight of the population to the suburbs during the riots of the late 1960s. This led to a significant decline in the city's population and economic base.
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