Navy Pier is the ideal tourist location but it is not so ideal when you live in Chicago. Personally, I find the entire place to be very overrated. Yes, there is a Ferris Wheel and a Merry Go Around but that means nothing to those of us who've already been on it and are no longer 5 years old. The stores inside are mediocre, the food is expensive. I must say that the crystal garden is very entertaining but even that gets old. In the winter, its freezing cold. In the summer, theres tons of people and giant flies that bite. Stay on the beach.
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