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** Zig-zagged by the Cleveland Cavaliers. They originally played in the Cleveland Arena until it was torn down in 1974, then they played in Richfield, almost an hour south, for over twenty years. However, Gund Arena (now Quicken Loans Arena or "The Q") was built in downtown Cleveland in 1994, and the Cavs have been playing in Cleveland proper ever since.
* Many people seem to forget that Canada is part of America. The (possibly ex-)top comment of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xeonqv_c4o0&feature=relmfu this] [[YouTube]] video, for example, is/was "what I've learned from JFL is that Canadians are much kinder than Americans".
** 'American' is normally used as a referent for 'resident of the United States of America', not 'resident of a country part of the North American continent'. By the original trope entry's reasoning, a citzen of Costa Rica would be an 'American'.
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