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I
could be pompous and arrogant and make a statement saying I would NEVER live
there. But then again, the need to be honest overcomes me and I have to confess
I’ll likely never have the kind of income that would make it possible for me to
even think of living there.
TO
BE HONEST, just walking past the Trump Tower Chicago feels like an alien
experience – particularly when I recall the pudgy, tugboat-like building that
once housed the Chicago Sun-Times on the very same site.
So
the Chicago Tribune report Tuesday about how 11 percent of the building’s 486
residential units (scattered amongst its 98 stories) are for sale. The going
price, depending on exactly which unit one buys and what kind of high-rise view
it offers of Chicago and/or Lake Michigan is $1.5 million.
Generally,
the kind of people who can afford that expect to have a certain exclusivity. Or
perhaps it’s isolationism, from the riff-raff of life.
And
I suspect that many of them view all the people who now feel compelled to have
their pictures taken making obscene gestures in the presence of the Trump Tower
Chicago as the ultimate in riff-raff.
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WHO
KNOWS, THEY may be right.
All
I know is that I’m sure that when real estate developer Trump got involved in
the idea of building one of his namesake structures in Chicago, the idea was
that it would become some sort of prime address.
One
that people would fight for the right to live in, and would consider it a sign
of their arrival amongst the hoi polloi that they could live in something
bearing those 40-foot-high letters spelling out Trump’s name for all of Chicago
to see.
Which
makes it impossible for anyone to possibly confuse the Trump Tower with any
other high-rise building in Chicago.
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SO
WHAT DOES it say about the fact that some tenants, according to the Chicago
Tribune report, have been able to negotiate rent decreases (for those who didn’t
buy their units), and that there are a significant number of units (36,
according to the newspaper) that can be had if you’re looking for an apartment
that will allow you to look down upon Chicago.
Just
so you don’t mind the protesters who feel compelled to stroll by and show their
contempt for your choice of a home address.
The
condominiums in the building don’t sell well these days, and the apartment
units for rent can be had. As for the portion of the building that’s a hotel,
it seems like we’re constantly getting new reports of professional athletes who
refuse to stay with their teams (Adrian Gonzalez of the Los Angeles Dodgers and
the entire Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, to name just a few) at the Trump
hotel here in Chicago.
Then
again, this is Chicago, where we led a solid Electoral College opposition to
Illinois going into the Trump column on Election Night – unlike certain other
Great Lakes states where the rural portions of the population led a shift
rightward.
EVEN
NOW, A new poll by Personal PAC puts Trump’s “approval” rating in this state at
39 percent – with a majority 53 percent not approving.
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Not
the same impression as that cockamamie study that claims many people who voted
for Hillary Clinton back in November now wish they could change their votes –
enough that Trump could now win a popular vote, in addition to an Electoral
College tally.
Which
may make some out-of-towners want to think less of us Chicagoans. Not that many
of us would particularly care, since we’re convinced the rest of the world isn’t
lucky enough to call Chicago home.
And,
I’m sure, many of those who eagerly backed Trump and are still among his most
vociferous supporters will probably never be able to afford to live in his
building either.
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