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But Hollywood has always been a boom-and-bust industry, Galloway said, noting that in times of change, new opportunities always arise.

Leaders want to grow Oklahoma’s job landscape beyond the cyclical energy industry that attracts blue-collar workers but also creates boom-and-bust cycles, Wilkerson said.

“One of the big challenges that we’ve had here in Florida that other states also experience is boom-and-bust funding, where people invest in these sandcastles that are built specifically around an election,” and then are washed away immediately after the polls close, Mercado said.

Its boom-and-bust real estate market remains on a hot streak, nearing all-time high valuations.

Since before the state’s founding, the boom-and-bust of drought and flood have shaped our landscapes.