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"Summer festivals and political protests can be very disruptive"

I lived in the Loop for a couple years and loved it. Right after the '08 crash and deals were everywhere. We were newly married, no children and having a blast picking a train and going to different neighborhoods all the time. We also walked to work on N. Michigan Ave. and frequented the many finer and not so fine drinking establishments dotting the downtown area. I do hope the vibe is still the same now though, back then even with the recession still lingering there was so much street life and things to do, retail, cultural and dining. It all just seems so dead now, Macy's is a shell of it's former self, a lot of small little places are just gone and the offices are deserted.

As for protests, I was shocked how many there were and how loud they could be. We were there 2 CPS strikes ago and that was a very loud, obnoxious series of marches of angry, overweight, middle aged loud mouthed women and soi bois. Then there was some Palestinian marches that were large but not as obnoxious as the CTU militants. There was also a lot of noise for random parades. My suggestion is High floor = less noise.