Even in the 1950s, that wasn't that long ago. Even in the 1950s, six of the top 15 wealthiest cities in America were right here at home in Ohio. That includes Toledo was the glass capital of the world. Akron was the rubber capital of the world. Cleveland, these were a Youngstown, These were the steel capitals of the entire world. Dayton was the computing power capital that led the first industrial revolution. My hometown of Cincinnati, we were known around the world as the Queen City, the consumer products capital, the Porkopolis, they used to call us the food power capital of the Western Hemisphere. (15:59–16:11)
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