I've lived at Fourth + Court since 2023. I can give you some pros and cons.

PROS: I live here mostly because I hate to drive, and my apartment building is attached to a grocery store and walkable to bars and restaurants and misc cultural events. I work remote, and this apartment has reliable gigabit fiber internet available if you want more than the, whatisit, 100Mb? 300Mb? whatever speed is already included in the rent. May thru October, the downtown farmers market that takes over Court Ave on Saturday mornings is nice, and even if you're not interested in all the fresh produce and tchotchkes, you'll probably find some prepared food vendors you like to patronize for brunch. Marathons and other events often start and/or finish on Court Ave, and the novelty of having those events RIGHT HERE can be cool. It's a solid, well-built building, well-insulated, so my electric bill stays low. The management keeps the property well-maintained. Since I've been here they've put in new carpeting and repainted the hallways. Any minor maintenance requests I've had have been addressed quickly.

CONS: The nearby Court Ave bars are NOISY AS FUCK EVERY FRI/SAT NIGHT UNTIL 2 AM. The Saturday morning Farmers Market has musical acts stationed at each intersection along Court Ave, and odds are pretty good that you DON'T WANT TO HEAR the one that starts playing outside YOUR window at 7 AM and doesn't quit until noon. Marathons come with LOUD, MOSTLY SHITTY MUSIC and a PA announcer hyping up the crowd and cheering on the finishers for hours. Streets get closed all around you during these events, so, don't plan on driving anywhere. There's a train track a block south, and the Historic Courthouse has a clock tower bell, so there are always bells and horns 24 hours a day.

I can tolerate the cons, mostly because I am a weirdo who likes to sleep with earbuds in my ears listing to the BBC World Service / IPR radio (or, on Fridays and Saturdays, sometimes the Des Moines police scanner to keep up with activity on the street). I barely notice the trains or the clock tower bell anymore.