OMG I love , love, love this place! I'm from downs...

OMG I love , love, love this place! I'm from downstate close to NYC and my family went here a few months ago to see if my dad might start working at Cornell (awesome hip place!). Anyway, we visited the commons and I just felt enraptured with joy at this cool, sustainable pedestrian place. I much prefer this kind of open-air commons with unique shops and restaurants to your typical mall. I'm all for green and sustainable places, and Ithaca has got it right! I can't wait to move here as soon as I'm old enough to live on my own (I'm 14). Wow, Ithaca itself and this wholesome commons fills me with happiness that I got to experience this awesome place and makes me realize how this type of place should be installed in every small city. It could turn a lot of currently poverty stricken towns/cities into blossoming, hip cities like Ithaca.