My happy meter went off a little bit. I know some people,myself and Ex-Ithacan included, look at a site called city-data.com, which keeps in track of city stats. I like to look at the population stats. Last year, the Ithaca city population was estimated at 29,766. This year it's listed as....*drum roll*.....
29,829 (+1.9% change from 2000)
Heh heh. Made my night.