@ fellow cyclers

[Crash]

okay, so i've been having a recurring issue in my cycling and it's starting to drive me insane, so i'm hoping someone can give me some answers.
i've had many cycling towns over the past two years, and i use the foolproof cycling method (one year and five days back + one year forward + five days forward) to cycle. in every single town, i've had one specific villager that refuses to move no matter how many villagers i go through. in one of my first towns, it was bam. in my most recent one, it was julian. now, it's merengue and paula, but paula has been there longer. keep in mind i've cycled out 20-40+ villagers and paula is still there.
i know that if i break the cycle and start talking to the villagers and relying on pings, i can eventually--slowly--get them to move like they would in a normal town. but i'm really curious to know if anyone else that uses this method has run into this problem before, and if they've found a way to fix it without breaking the cycle, or if they've figured out why it keeps happening. it is seriously driving me nuts and i can't seem to find a reason for it.
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[Knopekin]

I've had this before! Apple just wouldn't move. I never found a way to break it, but each cycle was still 1 in 1 out, and I don't think Apple being there reduced the chances of other peppies moving in, so I didn't think much of it.

 

[Amilee]

I have the same Problem with daisy.
I think maybe its a way the game wants you to atleast know one villager in your town. Cause daisy was one of the starters so i actually talked to her. The other villagers dont know me. Does this make sense? XD

 

[gem83]

Seems like this is a common issue with cyclers. No idea why it happens though :/

 

[pandapples]

You have to change to a different move out date. I use that method as well and have had villagers that won't move out after staying on the same date for too long. Once I found a new boxing date like one month later than my first one they finally moved.

 

[gem83]

This happened when I reserved Kyle from Diegoboy. He fixed it by letting me come talk to Kyle. Kyle moved that night. Idk if it actually affected anything but I think he did it again recently with someone waiting for Beau. Obviously this isn't an actual solution but if you have someone waiting on a villager who refuses to move, try it out.

 

[Crash]

thank you guys for all of your advice!
looks like i'm probably going to have to break the cycle and change the moving date, but before i do i'm going to try having a mayor from another one of my towns talk to merengue/paula and see if it helps.​