Fireworks were not too big with neighborhood displays when I lived in Brookfield until 2020 with covid. The 4th that year was rainy iirc, but it was amazing sitting out on our balcony watching households almost seem coordinated in taking turns launching 1000s of $ worth for hours on end.
Moving to Indiana right on the border things are always popping off here and there but seems pretty respectful. Closer to the 4th and on the weekend it's going to get nuts. Our neighbors across the street have their rear lots stretch right out to the Calumet River so they gather up friends and family who all bring out a ridiculous amount of mortars and finale packages and shoot them from the banks. Bunch of people from the neighborhood gathered in front of my property, told them to bring chairs this year. Last year it as a a solid 90 minutes of an insane variety, spectacular. And when they get done, people down the street do theirs. People around here seem go stock up on a lot of this stuff, probably because their are so many stores catering to all the Chicago folks buying it for ILLEGAL use in their state, and the pop-up stores gotta sell out end of season.
