I'll be traveling to Madison for work in Mid May. I last came up there in spring 2018 and stayed at a hotel that was right across from the UW football stadium near downtown. In the evenings I wandered around Downtown Madison on foot to go grab dinner, check out the sights, etc.
Then the summer of "Firey, but Mostly Peaceful" protests happend, then the 2020 elections happened and then Lots of Cities adopted stupid policies regarding homelessness and crime, with regards to cash bail, etc. I guess where i'm going is, I live in Dallas, and before 2020 i'd have no problem wandering around most of downtown Dallas at night, today not so much.
Has downtown madison declined to that level in recent years? I was looking to get a hotel in that area again so i could wander around, or should i look more to hotels away from downtown?
Also anything neat to see/experience on a wed, thurs, friday night in Madison?