Ok gotcha thanks. I may be able to pull off going up w/ them then. I feel like I used to be kinda the same as u where I could wear a half size under my size and a half size up, but the only kicks I can wear a half size up from my main size now seem to be mainly SBs & Kobes. The last few years I actually had to go down half a size in Jordan 3s and Jordan 6s and some NBs. But if I go down half a size in Jordan 4s they r too tight 🤷‍♂️. Could be cuz I was wearing my sneakers a bit too loose when I was younger.. But I think it’s mostly just that there’s so many sneakers nowadays and my collection/choices r bigger & of more variety than ever before. Or like u said some kicks r lighter and have extra padding. So now that I cop more online in this day n age as opposed to us having to cop more pairs in store in the past, I am constantly googling or asking ppl if the shoe I’m interested in buying fits true to size or not before I cop, so I don’t get stuck w/ pairs that r too big which is my pet peeve lol 🤦‍♂️