COMPLETE Overhaul of your Springfield

I just did this last weekend. I put everything in storage and started from scratch. Then I pulled out houses and buildings and placed them. I did it almost exactly how spiffshine said to. It was a daunting task and I almost gave up but I had too overhaul it. When I took all of my Halloween crap out my town looked wrong, all weird. I started playing mid September so the Halloween was just coming in to my town as I was leveling up. Now that its all gone I have all this space that is open so until I get the last 5-6 buildings I have a big open spot in the middle of my town with a lake/park. Good Luck!