Top 10s

Ithaca Accolades: Recent  Top-10  Media Mentions

Ithaca ranked #7 in “America’s Brainiest Metros”, The Daily Beast, online, August, ‘10

Ithaca ranked #1 among 350 U.S metro areas as the best place for recent college grads, The Daily Beast, online, June, ‘10

Ithaca ranked in top-100 places to live, top-10 recreation cities and top-10 small towns by RelocateAmerica.com, April, ‘10

Ithaca listed a "Top Retirement City for Wine Lovers," US News & World Report online, May 2009

Ithaca ranked third (again, see Dec. 07) in Farmers Insurance study, "Most Secure Places to Live - Small Towns," May  2009 

Ithaca ranked in top-100 American cities by RelocateAmerica.com, April 2009 

Ithaca ranked a top-10 city for job-seeking retirees, US News, Jan. 22, 2009 

Ithaca ranked #1 "Best Middle Class Housing Markets" by Forbes.com, Dec. 4, 2008 

Ithaca's Gimme! Coffee ranked #2 in "9 Great Coffees," by Saveur magazine, iss. 114, Oct. 2008 

Cornell University named #1 employer for people over 50 by AARP Magazine, Sept. 2008 

Ithaca's Gimme! Coffee ranked best coffee bar by Food & Wine magazine, Sept. 2008 

Ithaca ranked #1 "green commuter" city by AARP Magazine, Sept. 2008

Ithaca Beer named New York's #1 craft brewer at the annual Tap NY Festival, Aug. 2008 

Ithaca ranked #6 in "The 20 Best Towns in America" by Outside magazine, Aug. 2008 

Ithaca's EcoVillage selected as a top-8 "Ecotopia" by Forbes magazine, April 2008 

Ithaca chosen as a top-10 global travel destination by Gore-Tex and the Adventure Travel Trade Association, April 2008 

Ithaca ranked 2nd in Smart Money magazine's "7 Best Places to Retire in an Economic Downturn," Feb. 2008 

Ithaca ranked third among "America's Smartest Cities," by Forbes Magazine, Feb. 2008 

Ithaca schools ranked 2nd nationwide among metro areas under 500,000 by Expansion Management Magazine, Dec. 2007 

Ithaca ranked third in Farmers Insurance study, "Most Secure Places to Live - Small Towns,": Dec. 2007 

Ithaca ranked third in Relocate America's "Top 100 Places to Live in 2007," Relocate-America.com, April 2007

Ithaca ranked second in "Best Green Places to Live," by Country Home magazine, April 2007 

Ithaca listed as one of the 10 "Best Places to Live" for gays and lesbians by The Advocate, March 27, 2007. The Advocate is the nation's leading LGBT publication

Ithaca ranked first in "12 Great Places You've Never Heard Of," Mother Earth News magazine, July/Aug. 2006

Ithaca ranked among the "12 Hippest  Hometowns for Vegetarians," VegNews magazine, July/Aug. 2006

Ranked eighth in "50 Smart Places to Live", Kiplingers Personal Finance, June 2006

Ithaca ranked 17 nationwide among the "Best Places for Business and Careers," Forbes magazine, April 2006

Ithaca ranked fourth in Relocate America's "Top 100 Places to Live in 2006," April, 2006. Relocate-America.com

Number-One City for Knowledge Workers, "College Towns Are at the Heart of the Knowledge Sector Economy," Expansion Management magazine, March/April 2006

"12 Great Places to Retire", Kiplingers Personal Finance, March 2005

"Number-One Emerging City," in the book "Cities Ranked and Rated" by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander, 2004 

"Best healthy city in the Northeast," Organic Style Magazine, September / October 2003 

Ithaca Ranks 14 in Outside Magazine's "40 Best College Towns," September 2003 

"Best Lesbian Places to Live - The Ten Lesbian-Friendliest Cities in the USA," Girlfriends Magazine, November 2002 

"America's Five Best Mountain Biking Towns" Bike Magazine, June 2002 

"Best Places to Vacation," Money Magazine, April 2002 

"100 Great Escapes: Top-10 Trips," Travel & Leisure Magazine, March/April 2002 

"American Values - Where to Buy a Retirement Home," Smart Money Magazine, Feb. 2002 

The Ithaca Farmers Market named one of the "60 Best American Public Places," Utne Reader, January 2002 

"Best Fly Fishing Through North America, Fish and Fly Magazine, winter 2001 

"25 Terrific Places to Bring up a Family," Mothering Magazine, July/ August 2001 

"America's Most Enlightened City," Utne Reader, May 1997