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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:23 PM
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I just drove across the Finger Lake region here in New York and I got to
tell you, there is some beautiful country here.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:24 PM
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1. I have always wanted to see it...
Got pics?
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 09:44 AM
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7. I don't have any, but it's a perfect blend of man and nature.
Honest to goodness family farms, dairy, vegetables and vineyards mixed with small towns full of Victorian , Italianate and Craftsman houses. The area used to have money, but now has been facing hard times for 30 years or so.
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lazyriver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:28 AM
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13. "Perfect blend of man and nature"...I totally agree. New York State
seems to have figured out how to pull that off in at least one other region I've visited - the Adirondacks. I love the small hamlets that are sprinkled throughout the park in such an unobtrusive way.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:34 AM
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16. At the southern end of Canandaigua Lake there is a big controversy over
windmills being installed on the ridges. They do tower over the landscape, but I think people won't even notice them in a few years, just as we generally don't notice the electric wires strung along our roads. And to be fair, I think windmills over the Finger Lakes are better than mountain top removal in West Virginia. Unless people are willing to give up electricity, that seems the better choice.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:42 AM
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19. They can be quite picturesque if looked at in the right way
People worry about the noise, but there are plenty of areas that are "uninhabited" where the whooshing noise wouldn't bother anyone.

As long as they don't disturb Spook Hill! :D http://rocwiki.org/Spook_Hill
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:24 PM
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2. Yup
It is a beautiful area. But we do have sucky weather at times. All that green takes a ton of water.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:34 PM
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3. Why thank you!
We like it here. It's lush this time of year, which is nice, but it's truly breathtaking in the fall--you should come back through in October. Winter is another story--lovely, but bring the studded snow tires! :hi:
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 09:41 AM
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5. My husband and I drove through last winter on the way back from southern Ohio -
normally we would have gone up along the Thruway (I-90), but there was too much snow up there. Sure enough, we hit a squall about 3 miles from our house.





my daughter has started a Facebook group - "We're from Fulton, we laugh at your snow!"
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 09:51 AM
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8. Series!
Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 09:52 AM by MorningGlow
You guys and Oswego are the lake-effect snow MASTERS! We here south of Lake Ontario bow to you.

On edit: Shoulda included Mexico as well. And we ain't talkin' the pinata and marguerita place!
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:03 AM
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11. It was a hoot- it was February, and I swear it was Spring until we got north of the Thruway!
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:34 PM
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4. yes miss
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KatyaR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 09:42 AM
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6. I'm jealous . . .
take a whiff of that beautiful air for me, would you?
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 09:57 AM
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9. There was just "something" about it that threw me.
It is very beuatiful, and to my midwestern eyes it is very similar to what I've seen my whole life--with all the small farms and what have you.

But it had a very distinct feel to it, it is NOT midwestern. I loved my trip to Ithaca, but the whole Almost-familiar-but-really-totally-different-vibe feeling never went away.

Plus I got to go to Rochester and do some playboating at the Erie Canal Lock 32 whitewater park--that was pretty cool too.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:00 AM
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10. That is New York's wine region
From what I understand.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:29 AM
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14. It is indeed
LOTS of wineries, lots of wine tours (!)--not half bad wine, either (hic).
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auburngrad82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:09 AM
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12. I have family there. You can see Seneca Lake from my grandma's yard
Haven't been up there in years but it is a very nice area.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:30 AM
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15. The nice thing about the lake country is that even though there are some millionaires in the area,
there are a lot of middleclass people able to enjoy the area as well.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:38 AM
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17. Just not lakeside (anymore)
Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 10:40 AM by MorningGlow
Twelve years ago, we bought a lakeside house that was a shambles for mere pennies. We fixed it up, lived in it for five years, sold it for a modest profit. Two years ago the husband died and his widow put the house on the market...for nearly double the price they bought it for (nearly three times what we paid in '97). Bet she got her asking price, too.

Of course, if anyone has a lakeside cottage that's been in the family for decades, they're sitting on a goldmine.

On edit: and they did NOTHING to the house--it was in exactly the same shape as when we sold it to them, except they painted the outside a really garish deep blue.
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auburngrad82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:41 AM
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18. My family all falls into the second group
Otherwise I'd be hitting them up for money right now...
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:47 AM
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20. Ithaca - Buttermilk Falls
one of my favorite places :hi:.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:55 AM
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21. Beautiful area...
...especially this time of year.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 10:56 AM
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22. I went skiing there and had a blast
:thumbsup:
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 11:42 AM
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23. I have relatives in Skaneatelas
My uncle used to have a huge 1860 house right at the head of the lake. Its a great place to go sailing, my cousin has a vintage Lightning and used to race Lasers.
The rolling hills and open sky are beautiful.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 01:21 PM
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24. My father used to live up there on one of the lakes
it is terrific country up there (at least when it's not winter). I used to love to visit him up there.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 02:25 PM
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25. We use rumors of winter to keep the place from getting overcrowded.
In truth, winter can arrive any time from Nov 1 to Dec 31 and leaves any time from March 1 to April 1 (although there was that year it snowed on Mother's day...)The rest of the time it's wonderful - shirt sleeves or jacket weather.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 03:45 PM
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26. What about that thing they call "lake affect snow"?
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 06:28 PM
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28. You mean "Lake effect"?


"Lake affect" is what happens to us after 90 days of snow. It leads to people wearing shorts and sandals when the thermometer hits 50 degrees.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 06:49 PM
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29. You know how much I hate effect and affect
I am pretty sure effect is the noun and affect is the verb. Beyond that it's still a challenge at times.
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-26-09 04:10 PM
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27. What is the largest city / town / built up area in the Finger Lakes region?
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