Ithaca, New York

Ithaca (named for the greece city in Homer's Odyssey) sits on the shores of Cayuga Lake, in Upstate New York.

Ithaca is home to Cornell University, and [Ithaca College]?.

Ithaca's current major industries are tourism for its many waterfalls and gorges, and educaction.

Utne Reader once named Ithaca the most enlightened? city in America.

Ithaca is a haven for intellectualism and liberalism, and this often results in conflicts with the surrounding areas, which are predominantly conservative farming communities.

Ithaca is also home to one of the United State's first [local currency]? schemes, called Ithaca Hours

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