<p>H and I just returned from our stay in Cascadilla to attend S’s masters’ graduation. Very convenient to Collegetown and the graduation ceremonies, very novel (reminded me of my own college days), don’t forget your bathrobe and flip flops for the shower. The main complaints were the lack of AC (it was hot and muggy) and the fact that the sheets provided didn’t fit the XL mattresses all that well (it would’ve been better for us to bring our own XL bottom sheets). The City parking structure was right next door, and the only time spaces were scarce was Saturday night. The price was a bargain - $330 for the entire weekend for H and me, including 2 breakfasts. (A larger family group can book an entire suite or townhouse through the campus lottery.) Last year, for S’s undergraduate graduation, we stayed at the Statler, for a 3 day cost of about $1200 not including meals, reserved almost 4 years in advance and only because we knew someone. The Downtown Hilton was around the same price, as I recall.</p>
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<p>“Normal” in Cortland (meaning that nothing special is happening at Cornell, Ithaca College, or Cortland State) is probably less than what you paid. Cortland is the middle of nowhere, and when nothing much is happening, rooms there are VERY cheap.</p>
<p>just don’t take cortland prices for granted. Summer in cortland may be a bit pricey as it is the summer training camp for the NY Jets. Of course if the NFL lockout continues, there may not be any football training camps this summer. They filmed the HBO (?) show “Hard Knocks” from cortland last year- so it is much more of a happening place than you might think.<br>
with an Applebees, Wal-Mart and a few very decent restaurants, Cortland has alot more going for it than many of the other SUNY towns-- think fredonia, Potsdam, Oswego (my alma mater).</p>
<p>Marian- I think you’re out of state. Now you know why so many of our NY kids would rather go to OOS schools like U Maryland and Delaware than the SUNY campuses.<br>
If you are not familiar with upstate NY, it takes a long while to learn to appreciate what it has to offer- including the finger lakes region, (Cortland is pretty close to skeaneatilis), erie canal, (took a boat ride and gone through the lock system) and just the history behind the Woman’s movement and the connection with upstate NY.
I am much more of a fan of upstate NY than I ever was- and I am sure it was the many trips to cortland and ithaca that give me the opportunity to learn more about the region. Now I am not ready to move upstate- but I have a better appreciation of the areas north of NYC.</p>