For much of the 20th century, Dayton, Ohio was a trailblazing industrial and innovation powerhouse, home to the Wright brothers, LexisNexis and a host of auto plants.Since then, it has suffered the same fate that’s stricken many industrial US cities: the loss of thousands of manufacturing jobs and the gutting of whole communities. In Dayton’s case, that experience was bookended by the closing of a General Motors plant in 2008 with the loss of 2,400 jobs.With a metro population of about 800,000 people, Dayton today is a city in flux. As with many Midwestern communities, gun violence, the fallout of the opioid crisis and segregation are found side by side with new breweries, a burgeoning arts scene and popular outdoor trails.
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