Random Ithaca facts

$0: cost for first-year students to ride city buses
9: Minutes it takes to ride a bike from North Campus to the Commons (25 to get back)
10: Locations you can buy trash tags
38: Length in miles of Cayuga Lake (longest of the 11 Finger Lakes)
100: Wineries, breweries and distilleries around the Finger Lakes
128: Species of fish in the Finger Lakes
134: Restaurants in the city of Ithaca
150: Waterfalls within 10-mile radius of downtown Ithaca
204: Beds at Cayuga Medical Center
215: Height in feet of Taughannock Falls (above); a greater vertical drop than Niagara Falls
30,000: 2010 population (+2.5 percent since 2000); 49.6 percent female, 50.4 percent male
$31,000: Median household income (2006-2010); U.S. is $52,000

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3 Responses to “Random Ithaca facts”

carol grant Says:
August 20th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Cayuga is not the longest Finger Lake – Seneca Lake is 38 miles long.
George Lowery Says:
August 20th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Hi Carol,

http://www.ifingerlakes.com/finger_lakes.html
Hennessy Says:
August 20th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
We are talking about “longest” and “largest” here:) Seneca is the “largest” of the Finger Lakes, but not the longest. The article is correct, Cayuga is the longest. But those were very interesting facts, thanks!

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