What’s it like living in Ithaca?
Ithaca is a vibrant college town (about 30,000 full-time residents) in every sense of the word. Aside from merchants and services that cater primarily to students, Ithaca has a rich cultural life. The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, a professional ensemble of strings and winds, offers a year-round performance calendar featuring works that range from Bach to Britten. There are also the Hangar Theater, the Ithaca Ballet, and busy concert schedules at Ithaca College and Cornell. For the outdoors enthusiast, Ithaca has several parks and gorge trails open year-round for swimming, hiking, cross-country skiing, and camping. Ithaca is located at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake, the longest of New York’s Finger Lakes, which provides a great place for water skiing, board sailing, fishing, sailing, and other water sports. If you’re a film lover, Ithaca will keep you busy with its diverse cinema offerings. There are more than 25 screens in town, several of which specialize in foreign and artistic films.
