Editor's note: After the experience with the Probate Court of Cook County in the Estate of Alice R. Gore, I agree with Mancow, "...they've made the city unlivable for ANYBODY."
Calling city 'unlivable,' Mancow sells Lincoln Park condo
'I think they've done a good job of making the city unlivable for families'
Erich "Mancow" Muller in his Lincoln Park condo in 2005. (Eric Unger for RedEye / November 18, 2013)
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Calling his decision to leave the city “heartbreaking,” radio host and reality TV star Erich “Mancow” Muller has sold his Lincoln Park condominium and decamped to a house in Wilmette.
Muller, who is a married father of twin school-aged daughters, told Elite Street he’d had enough with city living.
“The schools are awful. I guess I could have had (my daughters) go to public schools, but I don’t want them to be stupid. I drove past Lincoln Park High School every day, and the kids are cursing and yelling and have their hands down each other’s pants," he said. "And then, I was spending $45,000 a year for the (private) British School of Chicago. It was killing me."
Mancow also said there were always homeless people outside his door and street parking he often used was raised from a quarter an hour to $13 an hour.
"I think they’ve done a good job of making the city unlivable for families. I’m so sick of feeding the broken government in Chicago," he said.
Chicago-based shock jock since 1994, Muller, 47, hosts his nationally syndicated morning radio show, which airs in Chicago on WJJG-AM, from Fox studios on North Michigan Avenue. He also has been costarring with his older brother Mark in the History Channel reality show “God, Guns & Automobiles,” and simulcasts a live version of his radio show each morning from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. on WPWR-Ch. 50.
With his move to the North Shore, Muller said “80 percent of my stress is gone. You know what you have to deal with in Chicago, and get your kids away from that. I was always on guard, honestly, and now, my quality of life is so much better. I’m so much happier.”
Selling at $868,000, Muller made a major profit on his 2,900-square-foot corner penthouse unit, which he bought in 1999 for $569,000. Features in the condo include two baths, a 48-foot, south-facing terrace with skyline views, an eat-in kitchen, a fireplace, and a master suite with a large walk-in closet.
Muller first listed the penthouse in early October for $864,900. He closed on the sale on Oct. 28.
Muller, who is a married father of twin school-aged daughters, told Elite Street he’d had enough with city living.
“The schools are awful. I guess I could have had (my daughters) go to public schools, but I don’t want them to be stupid. I drove past Lincoln Park High School every day, and the kids are cursing and yelling and have their hands down each other’s pants," he said. "And then, I was spending $45,000 a year for the (private) British School of Chicago. It was killing me."
Mancow also said there were always homeless people outside his door and street parking he often used was raised from a quarter an hour to $13 an hour.
"I think they’ve done a good job of making the city unlivable for families. I’m so sick of feeding the broken government in Chicago," he said.
Chicago-based shock jock since 1994, Muller, 47, hosts his nationally syndicated morning radio show, which airs in Chicago on WJJG-AM, from Fox studios on North Michigan Avenue. He also has been costarring with his older brother Mark in the History Channel reality show “God, Guns & Automobiles,” and simulcasts a live version of his radio show each morning from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. on WPWR-Ch. 50.
With his move to the North Shore, Muller said “80 percent of my stress is gone. You know what you have to deal with in Chicago, and get your kids away from that. I was always on guard, honestly, and now, my quality of life is so much better. I’m so much happier.”
Selling at $868,000, Muller made a major profit on his 2,900-square-foot corner penthouse unit, which he bought in 1999 for $569,000. Features in the condo include two baths, a 48-foot, south-facing terrace with skyline views, an eat-in kitchen, a fireplace, and a master suite with a large walk-in closet.
Muller first listed the penthouse in early October for $864,900. He closed on the sale on Oct. 28.
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