Why does lower Michigan Ave smell so bad?
Whenever I walk by one of the staircases leading there I hold my breath. But it's not entirely constant, so I often think about what causes it
Posted Oct 21, 2022, 10:43 PM UTC
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It's miasma. Don't let it enter your body or you'll have to have leeches applied to cure you.
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It's basically a below-street-level alley for the high rises above it. With no open air and vehicles trafficking and the homeless encampment with overnight drag races, what did you expect? Smelling like roses? :-) Movies make it look cool tho ill give it that
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If you don’t know that smell, are you really a Chicagoan?
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I'm not native but yesterday I actually found my way from the Lakeshore gym through the Millennium parking garage to lower Columbus by following my nose lol
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I mean… all the buildings above it keep their dumpsters down there
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yeah idk why I expected the answer to be more interesting. But I kinda hoped it would be something more unique or fixable.
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Poop. It’s poop.
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Garbaúge
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Lower wacker right by the curve at the river split smells like steak every night. Some restaurants hood vents exhaust down there.
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Thats where the Malort flavor is made.
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You know….we are just trying our best to be like NYC.
If the cause is the same as NYC, then it makes sense that the smell occasionally isn't as bad. It's when the trash gets picked up.