[rstark56]

I live 15 minutes from Ithaca NY. The city own lock stock and barrel by Cornell University. There is absolutely no industry other than the colleges to support a local economy. In the summer the population drops by 200,000 so at times it looks desolate. To really get the full experience you have to be there during the school months. Lots of arrogant kids and even more arrogant professors. Like the saying goes in peoples republic of Ithaca - 10 square miles of fantasy and then reality.

[Retired Chemist]

I live 15 minutes from Ithaca NY

I lived 30 minutes from Ithaca for 45 years. Both my kids graduated from Cornell. We had many picnics at Buttermilk Falls State Park.

[cammie]

I actually kinda love Ithaca - I went to Cornell. But just one correction; the population drops by 20,000 in the summer, not 200,000. I don’t want to THINK of Ithaca with 200,000 folks in it. And summer is the best time to be there, IMHO.

[Huntress]

I lived in Ithaca for three years while a student at Cornell Law School. I used to go to Cortland to experience a bit of sanity at the local Wal-Mart. I agree with you that a lot of the students (especially the undergrads and the folks from NYC) and nearly all of the professors are totally insufferable. But I found that the law school staff (i.e. non-faculty) and the regular folks in the area to be generally really nice people. Upstate NY is great place.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

There is absolutely no industry other than the colleges to support a local economy.

Yes Ithaca Guns long gone as well as Morse Chain. BTW, Ithaca College and 3/4 of Cornell are New York State institutions so a lot Ithaca citizens are living on backs of taxpayers.

[McGruff]

My brother lives in the Penn Yan area and it's salt of the earth type people. We may be going up that way on vacation next week. Here in Connecticut the cities tend to be liberal havens but get outside them and you'll see more republican yard signs the democrat ones.