Talk:Crystal Lake, Illinois

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not all residents of four colonies go to CL South. Some go to CL Central, for example my friend who lives on Tamarisk. As a matter of fact, the exploding population of LITH residents is throwing off all of the school's boundries. I reside in the middle of the town, a few blocks away from CL Central, and i recently drove my younger brother (who attends Bernotas Middle) to his friends house (also a student of Bernotas), which was in heaven's gate, LITH. Another prime example of why being the fastest growing county in Illinois is not a good thing. Rumor has it Bernotas is going to have split shifts next year to accomidate the exponetially growing number of students.

from another reviewer...what is with all the LITH references in this article? Ok, it is kind of part of town but you'd think that Boulder Ridge was a huge deal and oh there also is Lakewood, North Shore, Manor, and 'Vista. Gee, what about Bull Valley.

yet another reviewer...Prarie Ridge opened in 1998, the year after I graduated from Central. That is far from being "early 1990's." The seniors that were affected by the opening of PRHS were also able to choose if they were going to stay at Central or go to the new HS.

LITH is part of Crystal Lake?
I want to agree with the assertation that LITH has a community in crystal lake since I lived in LITH for the first 10 years of my life, and even though I moved to Crystal Lake, I remained in the same district and eventually ended up going to the same school as many people I had "left." But if you include LITH, then you have to include communities in Cary, Oakwood Hills, and Prairie Grove (both schools that contribute largely to the PR population) and several other small communites around the area.

That being said, the whole statement about "communites" in Crystal Lake being defined by "who people's children go to school with" is completely bunk, and would include most of SouthEast McHenry county. This is supposed to be an article of Crystal Lake, not of district 155 and 47.

It is my belief that the writer of this article is closer to the south side of town, and so would include LITH, while the North side of town is neither affected by LITH nor would consider them to be part of Crystal Lake (remember LITH has free access to Algonquin Public Library, not CLPL).

Here's an interesting handout from the LITH township ... http://www.lith.org/GeneralInformation/Attachments/InfoGuide.pdf You may want to also check out the LITH article on wikipedia to see how they think their city is divided up...

Included communites that are strickly located in LITH is inaccurate and of a skewed city view. I would ask that if you are going to write an article about CL, that you should get to know more commuites that are actually in Crystal Lake (perhaps some of the unincorporated northern half, or the new city center around pingree?) instead of just the south side.


 * Yeah, I must agree. A small mention of LITH is OK, but not entire detailed paragraphs.  The details on LITH neighborhoods belong in the Lake in the Hills article.  Keep in mind that Lake in the Hills is tied to several neighboring communities, not just CL.  The majority of Lake in the Hills is actually tied more heavily to either Huntley or Algonquin.  Also, Boulder Ridge is split between three school districts (D-47/155, D-158, D-300)...only a small portion of Boulder Ridge attends Crystal Lake schools.
 * If anything, the unincorporated wealthy neighborhoods along Walkup Road north of Crystal Lake actually are more connected to CL and more deserving of mention in this article than LITH. 24.14.105.100 06:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

PR opened in 1997
I was class of 2000, and was a sophmore first year at PR, meaning PR opened fall of 1997.

(I'm assuming the reviewer was looking at the year of graduation which would have been in the new year, while the school year starts the fall before that year)

"by Prairie Ridge"
Sorry, the area "by prairie ridge," is a little vague. I would like to edit myself, but since someone else wrote this, it may not be appropirate. The area "by prairie ridge" is the houses directly near prairie ridge (the large spacious houses) but also includes the area around MCC, which includes a farming community complete with general store. There's the area that blends in with Bull Valley with largely varying housing from mansions to huts that are all hidden in the forests. Smaller, older housing is found on the side of Prairie Ridge that is closest to McHenry Township. In other words, this is not a community, but a vaugue generilization to someone who doesn't live "by Prairie Ridge."

Also, there's no inclusion of the unincorportated north side near Cary, or the community along 176, or the community between Racow and 14.


 * I added it. Fell free to change it, I added it soon after coming to Wikipedia, when I perhaps wasn;t as good a writer as I am now, nor had I lived in Crystal Lake for an exceedingly long period of time. Feel free to change whatever you like, you seem to know a lot more about it than I do :) RyanG e rbil10 (Drop on in!) 21:45, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Dialogue on the status of Crystal Lake as the Economic and Cultural Center of McHenry County
Opening a dialogue with RyanGerbil10:

The statement that Crystal lake is the cultural and economic center is a comment which warrants citation if it's to be included in an encyclopedia article. I'm not saying that these things aren't true. But before they're stated as fact, the method of determining their truth should be cited.

The Economy Statement: What facts and figures were consulted to arrive at the conclusion that Crystal Lake is the economic center? The net worth of property within the boundries of the community? The income of the population? The commercial tax base?

The Cultural Statement: What cultural assets were looked at to determine that Crystal Lake is the center of culture? This is perhaps the more difficult of the two claims to back up, because culture is intangible, and subjectively qualified. How, for example, would you answer the argument from a resident of Woodstock that Woodstock's Opera House rightly brings the title of "Cultural Center of McHenry" to that locale? What cultural assets in Crystal Lake are of greater value than The Woodstock Opera House. Or the Dick Tracy Museum? I'm not siding with one town or the other. I'm simply presenting the process which should be undertaken before inserting statements regarding a community's status as a "Center".Cosmo1976 (talk) 03:33, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Neighborhoods section
The neighborhoods section of this article is very informal. It seems to be more of a statement of the author's impression of Crystal Lake, rather than an encyclopedia article description. The naming of neighborhoods seems sketchy to me, too (some neighborhoods are actually named, not just called that because of a main road). I think there is good content in there, but the section should be rewritten with some additional research to meet the standards of wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Golbeck (talk • contribs) 02:48, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Comments on "The Dole Family"
As much as I had the stomach to check, the section on the Dole Family is a direct copy of the text at http://www.lakesidelegacy.org/dole-mansion.html. I could see this being okay if the same person wrote both, but it should be cleaned up. The history is everything they taught me at North Middle (can't call it Bernotas...) but it shouldn't be a direct copy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pogoblue (talk • contribs) 05:03, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Mayor's daughters?
What's with the "intelligent and beautiful" comments that keep appearing/disappearing in regards to the Mayor's daughters? Lacie1221 (talk) 05:34, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Mchenry County College?
Maybe this should be added to the education section, as MCC is part of Crystal Lake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.200.241.97 (talk) 10:06, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Metro area?
What is the definition of the "Crystal Lake Metro Area" and how was the information about it found? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1990'sguy (talk • contribs) 15:01, 15 November 2013 (UTC) It should be removed from this page. 1990&#39;sguy (talk) 17:28, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Coat of Arms
The city seal for Crystal Lake is not its "Coat of Arms". How do we get rid of COAT OF ARMS on this page. It should say "City Logo" and I cannot figure out this edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.86.26.132 (talk) 13:59, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

This was corrected by generous help of a Wikipedia volunteer. See History! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Otherbeach (talk • contribs) 19:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

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