Are you still happy with...? PART 7: Your Peninsula

What does your peninsula look like (see below) and would you change it?

  • Big Round (1) - I'm happy with it

    Votes: 31 20.9%
  • Big Round (1) - I'd like to change it

    Votes: 3 2.0%
  • Small Round (2) - I'm happy with it

    Votes: 21 14.2%
  • Small Round (2) - I'd like to change it

    Votes: 8 5.4%
  • Wavy (3) - I'm happy with it

    Votes: 21 14.2%
  • Wavy (3) - I'd like to change it

    Votes: 17 11.5%
  • Straight Bottom (4) - I'm happy with it

    Votes: 12 8.1%
  • Straight Bottom (4) - I'd like to change it

    Votes: 7 4.7%
  • Straight Top (5) - I'm happy with it

    Votes: 14 9.5%
  • Straight Top (5) - I'd like to change it

    Votes: 14 9.5%

  • Total voters
    148

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Since a lot of people have been living on their island for six months, I'm making a series of polls to see how many are still satisfied with their island! I will be covering things that cannot be changed unless you reset the game. Here is a short analysis of the results so far:

Link to this poll
Blue seems to be the most popular airport color, with red being the least. An overwhelming majority of voters consider themselves satisfied with their airport color. Overall, people with yellow airports are more likely to want to change their color than those who have another color. Let's hope Tom Nook eventually gives us other options, like pink, purple or brown!
Link to this poll
Few voters have south & west river mouths, but those people seem to be the most satisfied with their river placement. The most popular river mouth position seems to be south & east. Overall, people with double south river are more likely to want to change to another layout, but then, most people are satisfied with their river mouths and have learned to work around them.
Link to this poll
Peaches seem to be the most popular native fruit, with oranges and cherries following closely behind. Apples are also fairly popular, while pears retain their reputation as one of the least appreciated fruit. As a matter of fact, nearly half of voters who have pear as their native fruit would rather change it, while those who have other fruits seem to be mostly happy with them.
Link to this poll
Most voters would change at least one of their initial flowers. Overall, people are usually more satisfied with their native flower than their sister flower. Sister flowers, which are based on starting month, do not see much diversity, since most people started playing in either march or april. Native flowers, which are based on the resident representative's birth month, have more variety.
Link to this poll
Most have made peace with the location of their main buildings. Among those who would like to option move them, Resident Services seems to be the biggest priority. A good number of people reported that their Airport is almost aligned with Resident Services, but not quite. Being able to move either building one or two space would solve the problem for many.
Link to this poll
Perfectly centered secret beaches are by far the most common among voters, but they are also one of the most controversial. While people are usually happy with their secret beach, and have learned to work around its location (and size), those who have it at the far left or exact center of their map tend to want to move it. It is interesting to note that while center left and center right seem to be equally popular, there is a big difference between far left and far right, the latter being considerably more popular.

Next up is peninsula!

The peninsula is the piece of land that stretches out from your island into the surrounding sea. It is a popular spot for lighthouses, and some people have made really nice designs with it! Have you decorated your peninsula, or even placed a building on it? Do you like where it is located? I'd love to see what you've done with yours!

Before answering, however, take a look at the following pictures and try to figure out which peninsula most resembles yours. Since I could not find any information on this, I've looked at dozens of maps and identified what I think are five possible shapes of peninsula. There seems to be slight variations in orientation, but otherwise, I think there are five different models you can have (let me know if you find another one!)
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Big Round Peninsula
This peninsula is the largest of all. It is shaped like a big, wide circle.
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Small Round Peninsula
While smaller than the big round peninsula, this one is still very round.
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Wavy Peninsula
Its base is very wide, but gets thinner as it stretches out toward the sea. Its contours are wavy, and you can almost picture a dog head.
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Straight Bottom Peninsula
The bottom line of this peninsula is almost perfectly straight and horizontal. While it has a similar shape to the round penisulas, its end is more like a square.
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Straight Top Peninsula
The top line of this peninsula is almost perfectly straight and horizontal. Overall, it looks like some kind of trapezoid.

As for me, I actually resetted to get the big round peninsula, which I think has the most potential. The fact that you have more room to decorate and can even place buildings on it made it an easy choice for me. I haven't gotten around to decorating it yet, but I know this is where my lighthouse will go.

What about you?​
 
I got big round on Arctin and LOVE it. It’s the perfect size and shape for a lighthouse! I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Evwirt got a straight top, and honestly it’s the worst part of my map. You can barely do anything interesting with that configuration, as it’s tiny and oddly shaped! I did the best I could with it but I still REALLY dislike it...
 
i have the wavy peninsula and i don’t mind it! i originally wanted to place the campsite there but couldn’t as it wouldn’t fit. now, i just have a lighthouse there which might be a bit boring but,, i don’t hate it aha
 
I have the small round, too small for a building, but big enough to place both Godzilla and Mothra on so I'm happy with it. :)
 
The bulbous looking ones are very interesting.

I have the straight top peninsula and it's just there. I have no big opinion about it other than I haven't thought what to do with it.
 
I have a small round and I am happy with it. I set a small, terraformed cliff with lighthouse and garden lantern on it.
 
I have the biggest one it can be. And I don't want it changed, ever. I have it as a lighthouse with other attractions around it.
 
I have a wavy peninsula. I don't mind it. I don't really care too much about my peninsula shape so it's not like I'd really want to change it, lol.
 
I have a small round one. At the beginning I really wished I had the big round one so that I could fit my house in it, but I've since realised I probably would've hated that after a while so my house is elsewhere and the peninsula is the perfect size for a little fishing spot!
 
Another small round one here. I kinda like this shape! I haven't done anything too interesting with it, I threw a lighthouse and one of those tourist binocular things on it in my first month of playing and they've been there ever since.
 
I have number 4. I don't dislike mine, but the size is too small that I'm not inspired to do much with it. I get slightly jealous seeing people with the larger sizes because you can do so much cool terraforming on it, but in the end I'm happy with what I did with mine.

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I didn't think to look for peninsula sizes when I was looking for maps on launch day. If I have the opportunity to make a second island I am definitely resetting for the largest one lol.
 
Hoo boy. I have the straight bottom one and as of now it's the one part of my map I don't just dislike, I hate.

It's too thin to do anything with, you can't terraform it either because all you can fit on it is iirc two blocks wide. It's too small to place houses on, too small for most decorations too.

Right now mine is serving as a very shoddy hybrid farm because I still have no clue what to do with it. I don't think I'll ever reset this island, but if I ever get a second island I will 100% reset on that for something that isn't this peninsula.

If anyone with this peninsula has done something neat with it, please share pictures because I would like to eventually grow to like mine.​
 
I have small round, and haven't liked it from the start, but I didn't think the map and RS location I wanted could have any other peninsula. (Saw it 3 times while map reseting and it was always the same type and location!)

I wish it was 2 acres south of where it is, and big round. Really wanted to place a villager on mine, but it's not big enough. :(
 
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