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An eerie Texas 'zombie town' has sparked fury among locals who say the empty streets and abandoned homes are attracting homeless squatters, trash and vermin. At first glance, the Southstone neighborhood that sits along South Austin's West Dittmar Road looks like any other construction zone. But residents living near the development site claim builders have not lifted a hammer or nail since work abruptly came to a halt in 2022.
'They just bailed out,' one local, Patty Davis, told Fox 7. Work on the 42-acre plot of land between Cannon and Slaughter lane first began in 2006, with development companies making and then ditching various plans. Most recently, construction on around a dozen new houses was started - but the properties remain incomplete to this day.
Nearby resident Gean Sutton said: 'We just expected they'd start selling houses. And lo and behold, everything stopped. And within the last six months, there's nothing happening.
' The site is now overgrown with weeds and littered with heaps of garbage. Vandals have also targeted the area, spraying graffiti and breaking windows. An eerie Texas 'zombie town' has sparked fury among locals who say the empty streets and abandoned homes are attracting homeless squatters, trash and vermin There are at least a dozen unfinished homes in the Southstone neighborhood that sits along South Austin's West Dittmar Road Furious residents who live near the 'ghost neighborhood' say they have been left feeling unsafe and fear it is.
.. Sonya Gugliara.
