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I used to be north of Chicago for work once or twice a year. The hotel was right next to the office, so I could walk there. But that was the only place I could walk. I wanted to walk to the mall, as it was only 2km or so. But it was impossible. There was only a four lane road, no sidewalks. I also had to go to Princeton and it was better there, as the hotel was right next to a residential area and there were sidewalks there. But man, the US are incredibly car-centric.
Usually the hotels have shuttles to the entertainment district. But it gets tricky over there with the airport being a "peninsula" of city territory. I'm not old enough to remember the origin, but I remember many neighborhoods being leveled to expand the airport (we would party in the vacant houses with electricity til the cops noticed). My guess is that was not the original setup and with the neighborhoods going away, the need for pedestrian bridges went away with them.
But I also must add, that entertainment district is also relatively new. It was just the convention center in my youth.