This basically mimics the Gold Rush times. When gold was found in where ever. Then times were great. Miners paid large sums of money for everyday items. Towns boomed. People were having a great time. Then the gold ran out and the towns suffered, the gold miners saved no money and suffered. The only ones who really did well were the ones who had the fore site to see that boom times do not last. They were prepared and invested in those things which did last.

Lessons can be learned, but usually only by a very very small percentage of people.

Maybe someone down the line will learn from the Valley's experience, but I doubt it. Most people are greedy and short sited.