Incomplete infrastructure could hinder completion of five McHenry County subdivisions Incomplete infrastructure might affect construction in five subdivisions in McHenry County, including the Woods of Stone Ridge near Crystal Lake. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Media
Updated 7/26/2021 7:16 PM Most people don't move to a subdivision to live alone, but that's what life has been like for Bob and Linda Murray, who have lived in the Woods of Stone Ridge subdivision outside Crystal Lake for the past 10 years after the neighborhood's developer left it unfinished. "We sort of enjoyed the 20 acres to ourselves for 10 years," Linda Murray said. "This has been nice."
The Murrays bought their plot around the beginning of the Great Recession. With the housing bubble bursting and the economy crashing, many home developers went bankrupt.