Last week’s Rose Café was very informative to me because I don’t really know anything about Ithaca. Since I’ve mostly been trapped in the “Cornell bubble”, Lisa Nicholas’ talk was kind of eye opening and I learned lots of interesting facts. Ithaca is one of the best places to live in but it’s quickly turning into one of the most expensive. About $15 million were spent in rebuilding the Commons. There is controversy about building a new hotel since there are already 3 downtown. when it’s time for graduation and families want to come to Ithaca, hotel rooms are around $500 per night.  College town is mostly building student housing and “it would be interesting to see a hotel proposal there”. overall, I thought that the talk was great and I really liked how Google Maps was incorporated into the presentation in order to help visualize the city of Ithaca.