-By Warner Todd Huston
After I went downtown for the Sam Adams Alliance Sammies awards (report HERE), I got to thinking about being downtown.
I used to work downtown Chicago. It was always kind of exciting. I haven’t had any continuing business in the city for many years, but I always love visiting the city. It’s so electric being downtown.
People are going to and fro, business is being done, lights, cars, busses, trains, everything is abuzz with frenetic activity. It is a mass of humanity that just seems all so exciting.
But, it isn’t long before you begin to notice a lack of a soul all about you. Everything is so impersonal. Few people are talking to each other, many are in their own world on cell phones or wearing their headphones listening to music. Glances are nervous, no one is engaging.
Ultimately, I am always glad to get back home and away from the city.