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Two things.....
Is.....is Cleveland known for high energy usage? I don't get the reference.
Tulips had a bubble? I'm so confused.
I think he just picked a decently big town as an example, and Dutch tulips were the very first stock craze.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
Ah, it happened in 1634. That's why I hadn't heard of this. I wasn't born yet for a few more years.
Damn whipper snappers
Go for the flowers, stay for the etymology of fictional country names
TIL the two countries in The Princess Bride are both named after a Dutch currency
The area is known for causing the 2003 blackout, but that was really due to the heat that day.