[Hatteras]

"Clearing out those festering rat breeding grounds couldn’t cost that much,"

Cost? The cost isn't the problem. Nobody is willing to pick up a freakin' shovel or broom. Nobody...

[McGavin999]

I think it would take exterminators, followed by Dozers, wrecking balls and lots of giant rock trucks to haul off everything. Build decent housing on the lots, you could even do the row house format.