Have you ever been to Ottawa??? Yes, 10 blocks from Parliament Hills is huge in Ottawa. Before the police start to clear it, the protest took a single street (Wellington street, a 6-block long street in front of Parliament) with a small effect on 2 streets to the south of it. Life was as usual with absolutely no sign of protesters south of Laurie Ave (5 blocks from Wellington Street). North of Wellington Street is Parliament and River. West and East borders of the protests were Elgin Street and War museum. So, very small area with little affect to residential life. Now, Police closed many streets that runs North in DT and moved protesters a few streets south of Parliament into more residential area. 10 blocks from Parliament Hills is not a downtown anymore. It is as if you say that protesters in front of Provincial Parliament on Toronto are responsible for broken windows at Train Station.