Ithaca, NY

You'd get to race with me once a year at the Cayuga Lake Triathlon.
On the bright side, there are plenty of hills to train on.

The tri scene is good here in upstate NY. Plenty of races and Ithaca has a well regarded tri club.  Most tri club memberships around here also get you discounts on snowshoeing equipment.

Upstate NY is gorgeous and a great place to live for 2/3 of the year. Winters can be tough. Ithaca is pretty much the quintessential nice, northeastern college town. 

Check with Tri Take Me Away, she's from the area. Then again, she moved to Florida.

I'm not helping am I?

OUCH!!!! I hate it when that happens.

I HAVE THAT TSHIRT!!!

Ithaca is great.  Small town but very diverse population due to Cornell and Itahca College.  You better be a liberal, though.  And like lake-effect snow.  It is pretty isloated, too.  That whole area is very rural.  I grew up about 45 mintues away, and yes it is very, very beautiful but the winters totally suck.  Totally. 

I would live there.  The food is great.  The people are great. The waterfalls and gorges are great.  But you will miss out on the big city things.  The nearest decent mall is Carousel Mall in Syracuse which is a 1:30 drive roughly.  And that doesn't mean a Nordstroms or Neimans.  There is a mall in Ithaca but it is small. 

One of the best things about living up there is going to Friendly's and ordering a Fribble.  Just cuz that's the funniest word ever. Or going to the Commons food court and choosing between pizza, great indian food, or a vegan cheeseburger. Or the Moosewood. I went to bike shop up by Cornell last time I was there and they seemed pretty knowledgeable.  That area of NY if FULL of cyclists.

PM me if you want to talk about it some more.

Jess

Sounds like Augusta with cold winters Janelle...just sayin' !!!!!!!!