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I decided to Google "ley lines" after realizing I've seen the term used in various fantasy works but never knew where it came from. Turns out the term was invented in the 1920's by a guy who realized that if you look at a map of Britain with lots of historic sites marked on it, it's possible to draw several straight lines that intersect multiple sites each. The original guy thought these lines were ancient trade routes, despite often going straight across difficult terrain, and including sites from totally different historic eras, so naturally this idea didn't really catch on. Then in the 1960's people picked up this concept, connected it to all sorts of stuff like alien landing guides and the ancient Chinese concept of qi energy flowing through the landscape, and now you have modern woo.
So to answer your other question, whether any ley lines intersect at the Finger Lakes depends entirely on who drew the lines and what landmarks they felt like connecting, or in other words it's all made up and the rules don't matter.
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