<p>lol, it could be for some i guess. but im from buffalo and my very same trusty coat and gloves from freshman year of HS have been my best friends for many years.</p>
<p>Ha. I'm from Buffalo as well. But when I moved to Ithaca I upgraded from a ski jacket to a Salvation Army overcoat and a nice scarf. The coat was amazing. It was made in Yugoslavia and was unbelievably warm and fit all sorts of occasions.</p>
<p>I know that you all said there's a borders, but is there a barnes and noble around? I'm a much larger fan of B&N, plus i have a membership there....</p>
<p>Yes...there is a Barnes and Noble on South Meadow in the same plaza where Tops is located.</p>
<p>sweet deal...</p>
<p>There's also a inice Wegmans (supermarket) in the area.</p>
<p>and there's a bus that goes right there on the weekend! route 15.</p>
<p>Those people who live near places like Tyson's Corner, Virginia, or Paramus, New Jersey, think that the mall in Ithaca is a joke.</p>
<p>Those who don't live in places with huge malls full of huge stores may find it quite acceptable. </p>
<p>It's all a matter of comparison.</p>
<p>Coming from New Jersey, the mall capital of the world, Ithaca's malls are small. That being said, I can't imagine you needing something that you can't find there. One other fact, you can't shop at the malls in Paramus on Sundays!</p>
<p>coming from DC, the ithaca malls are blahhh. but coming to cornell, i never realized how useful target really is. if i really want something and the store isnt here, i go online. screamindv, you should come down here. tysons is open everyday of the week!!! be jealous! lol</p>
<p>Ithaca is a real great place from living there for 11 years. OK, I will admit it is sort of in the middle of no where, but the people, festivals, and scenic landscape is amazing! They have a good selection of international foods (asian) in college town if anyone was interested..
Oh. And its a hippie town. :)</p>
<p>ok that was really off topic. My bad.
Well I love wegmans. They have awesome a la carte and subs, and Tops is a good grocery store as well. College Town Bagels is a great bakery. There is starbucks too, and local coffee shops.
There is a organic store called green star near the lake if that interests anyone.</p>
<p>yea scream. unlike the big mall towns, you won't ever find yourself planning a 'day trip' that includes the pyramid mall lol. when i was at northwestern the chicago malls were worthy of an entire saturday afternoon journey just to have a good time and see/experience everything.</p>
<p>from that perspective, the mall really does blow i suppose. but from a functionality standpoint: everything is indeed there that you could possibly need or desire- and you can be in and out in an hour or two. for those purposes, the mall is the bomb.</p>
<p>What about an apple store?</p>
<p>no apple store here. those are very few and far between anyways. if im not mistaken syracuse and victor, ny are the closest.</p>
<p>the one in Syracuse is at Carousel so I guess that is one reason to travel.</p>
<p>but you can get a lot of apple products at the cornell store or best buy...</p>
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<p>It is telling that when I read that I immediately thought about stores that specifically sell the fruit : P</p>
<p>Tchaikovsky, I thought the same thing and found it interesting that someone would care about an apple store so much to ask if there was one near Cornell, hahaha.</p>
<p>if it makes you feel any better, students go apple picking in the orchards during the fall months (around octoberish...same time when apple cider is available on campus :]P )</p>