The Doomed Cleveland Balloonfest of '86
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as a shorthand for a spectacularly misguided publicity stunt, or as a classic embarrassing Cleveland episode.
What it is
A short Atlantic documentary on Cleveland's 1986 Balloonfest, when 1.5 million balloons were released at once and the attempt went badly wrong.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2018 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Cites vgeek · 2021-12 · on “Midwest Developer”
The two best things denigrating Cleveland: Balloonfest ( [this video] ) & your already mentioned Mike Polk Jr's tourism videos ( [this video] & [LINK] ). If you can get past the dreary gray skies for 8 months of the year, Cleveland is cheap (even the nicer suburbs like Solon or Aurora) and has easy access to scenic western PA & upstate NY.