steel town

noun

: a town where steel is made
She came from a steel town in Pennsylvania.

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Port Talbot was—and still is, just about—a steel town, but the Hopkins family were bakers. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 Nearly fifty years ago, the city of Clairton was the backdrop for the movie Deer Hunter, which depicted the impact of the Vietnam War on a group of lifelong friends in a working-class steel town. — Salena Zito, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025 Once a rough-and-tumble steel town, Pittsburgh’s in the midst of a massive makeover—and the Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh, a funky, super-stylish Kimpton outpost is helping to lead the charge. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 Growing up in one of America’s fastest-shrinking cities—the flood-prone steel town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania—Tatiana Triplin didn’t have much of a choice but to find a musical community online. — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for steel town

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