Everyone of note in Ithaca, is a "DOCTOR", the rest being the peasantry. The people of the two communist colleges dominate every facet of public life thru membership on every elected office.
So? This, somehow, makes it a City of Evil? Then I am curious: where is the Yen to Ithaca's Yang? Which city is the "City of Light," or "City of Goodness," if you prefer?
Besides, you're talking to a person whose family has a long tradition of graduating from Cornell and/or Penn.