Ithaca, New York

Clevelumbus · #1 Posted: **May 30, 2011, 5:39 AM**

Danny · #2 Posted: **May 30, 2011, 2:11 PM**

Wonderful town!

Nice ambient. It looks like summer there.

Thanks a lot for your pictures. I´ve liked them very much.

Greetings from Madrid, Spain

Expat · #3 Posted: **May 30, 2011, 2:23 PM**

This is a city I have always wanted to visit. Looks a perfect balance of everything good.

the Genral · #4 Posted: **May 30, 2011, 3:54 PM**

I savored every pic in this thread. Great job!

Travis007 · #5 Posted: **May 30, 2011, 5:06 PM**

Great photos of a very charming small city. I haven't seen Ithaca in years. I always passed through it on my trip to NYC, along with Buffalo, Rochester, and Canandaigua.

stepper77 · #6 Posted: **May 30, 2011, 7:07 PM**

What a beautiful city and scenery. It feels European in a way to me. Great photos, thanks!

samne · #7 Posted: **May 30, 2011, 7:17 PM**

This towns got it all...even a Maté Shop?

xzmattzx · #8 Posted: **May 31, 2011, 1:51 AM**

Nice pictures. This is one of the few county seats west of Syracuse that I have not been to yet (and Ex-Ithacan reminds me about that once in a while).

The first picture looking down the lake brings an unfamiliar sight. I've driven along many of the Finger Lakes but it's all agriculture or sprinkles of cottages on the lakesides. I've never seen a residential subdivision on the top of a hill overlooking a lake before. It makes sense, as Ithaca might be the only place in the Finger Lakes region that's growing. I bet the views of the lake from those houses are great.

Ex-Ithacan · #9 Posted: **May 31, 2011, 8:38 AM**

Great tour Cleve, thank you so much. You've made an old man very happy.

SpongeG · #10 Posted: **May 31, 2011, 9:48 AM**

nice pics

is that the city that has its own money? i remember seeing a special on PBS years ago about it

photoLith · #11 Posted: **May 31, 2011, 4:23 PM**

What an absolutely incredible place. I had forgotten about all the waterfalls in and around the city. That must be the most amazing place to live, not a dumb redneck in sight, in fact, this city is the exact antithesis of everything conservative, and the cities overall IQ must be at least 30 points higher than the national average.

Fortunate4Now · #12 Posted: **May 31, 2011, 4:38 PM**

Ex-Ithacan · #13 Posted: **May 31, 2011, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by photolitherland

................. and the cities overall IQ must be at least 30 points higher than the national average.

Yeah, that's the reason they kicked me out. That alone raised the average 3 points.

Clevelumbus, just wondering what you thought of the city? Looks like you visited quite a few areas.

Clevelumbus · #14 Posted: **May 31, 2011, 11:36 PM**

I loved it! Was only there for an evening and didn't want to leave.

Expat · #15 Posted: **May 31, 2011, 11:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Clevelumbus

I loved it! Was only there for an evening and didn't want to leave.

I don't think I would want to leave, either. But, I am stunned that you were able to take so many beautiful picture in one evening.

Thundertubs · #16 Posted: **Jun 1, 2011, 12:25 AM**

Can't really ask for much more from a small city. I really need to get up there some day.

Excellent set. Between this and the Binghamton tour, this is some quality Upstate NY coverage.

jowens · #17 Posted: **Jun 1, 2011, 3:54 PM**

Love Ithaca!! Had a chance to visit a few years back.

glowrock · #18 Posted: **Jun 1, 2011, 11:38 PM**

Excellent work! Huzzah!

Aaron (Glowrock)

Cyburbia · #19 Posted: **Jun 15, 2011, 5:00 PM**

Great photos!

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Originally Posted by photolitherland

That must be the most amazing place to live, not a dumb redneck in sight, in fact, this city is the exact antithesis of everything conservative, and the cities overall IQ must be at least 30 points higher than the national average.

You'll find rednecks when you get about 15 km or so beyond downtown Ithaca. Remember, Ithaca is located at the edge of the Appalachian Mountain range in New York, and many early settlers were of the the same Scots-Irish/Ulster-Scots/Highland Clearance-era descent as those in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. There are a few very isolated pockets of shocking Appalachian lifestyle poverty; e.g. Buffalo Road in the Town of Caroline. However, the outlying rural areas are also full of old-school "back to the land" hippies, and Cornell and IC staff in search of more affordable housing. The "rednecks" here aren't of the far right Bible-thumping variety; they have more of a "live and let live" philosophy.

Six Census tracts in the city and surrounding town are among the top 20 of the United States for percentage of residents that are PhDs.

The photos missed out on some of the more iconic parts of Ithaca's culture, for example, the insane number of Volvo and Subaru Outback wagons on the road, and cars covered with bumper stickers promoting various causes.

The love affair locals have for old Volvos is really an integral -- and quirky -- part of the local culture.

Ithaca also has an extremely large lesbian community, predominantly middle-aged and older. Ithaca is very GLBT-friendly; sexual orientation is simply a non-issue here. However, because gay men tend to prefer life in larger cities, and a large subculture of lesbians is attracted to more "rustic" and "crunchy" areas, the gender makeup of the gay community is very lopsided towards women. The large lesbian population is a pretty good indicator of the tolerance and open-mindedness of the larger community.

Don't forget that downtown Ithaca has seven head shops.

It is an amazing place to live. I've bounced around the United States a lot, and once I landed here, I decided that I'm not leaving.

Yankeebiscuitfan · #20 Posted: **Jun 15, 2011, 5:29 PM**

Nice tour. Thank you. Very nice little town.