Ithaca may not be on the list of top 5 greenest cities and towns in the US, but this place makes a real effort. In spite of the 5 SUV drivers who live here (you know who you are, you BASTARDS!!!!) individuals and the city make an effort to reduce their impact on the planet. Here are the top 3 examples for those who are just discovering how innovative this town can be:
| 3. | More Alcohol, Less Gas The bars and clubs are usually clustered together so that the college students don’t waste police fuel chasing down DUI candidates swerving between watering holes. |
| 2. | Efficient Fires The town (maybe not the city - if you want to know the difference, read city vs. town) doesn’t pour fuel down the drain driving from house to house picking up green waste for centralized environmental processing like in most California cities. They rely on the well informed citizenry to either compost it, or failing that, making it disappear by throwing it into the nearest stream or burning it. Right on! |
| 1. | Bang! You’re Dead! (Drum roll, please…) The most well thought out service in the city has to be the ambulance and undertakers. What could be more efficient than hiring the same people to do both? And what would you call a company that deals in the stiffening and the stiff? Why, “Bangs“, of course. They may not be in the same building, but they are next to each other. I bet if you look closely you will find a chute between them. In an odd way it makes incredible sense. In Ithaca, you don’t need to stop and think about which one to call if someone is hit by one of the hybrid buses. However, I bet the ambulance drivers are given incentives to create more business for the hearse drivers. That may explain why I have never seen a Bangs’ ambulance speeding. |
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