Poverty Belt is a growing term being used by people who live in the northeastern US to describe Central New York. Central New York is a geographical region of upstate New York which lies between the Catskill mountains and the Adirondacks. It is comprised of the cities Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Binghamton, Buffalo and Rochester (which is often referred to as Crotch-Chester). Common characteristics of this region which account for the name include scarcity of jobs, high unemployment, a shrinking population and a crumbling infrastructure. The "belt" part of the term comes from the way the aforementioned cities are horizontally situated close to the New York state thruway which runs from East to West through the middle part of the state.
-Where do you come from?
-I grew up in the PovertyBelt?
-Where's that?
-Central New York.
-Syracuse a tough place to make a living.
-Why's that.
-It's situated in the Poverty Belt.
-The what?
Like a chastity belt, but with a money slot so you can insert cash and the belt will open for a certain amount of time-- depending on how much money you put in, of course. Essentially, a parking meter for your penis.
Damn, I was so mad that I didn't have any cash on me, cause mike's mom was wearing a cashtity belt.