Neighborhoods on your island?

[Sharksheep]

I plan on placing two neighborhoods with 4 and 6 villagers. I might mix my house and a secondard character house in there to even it out.

 

[ceribells]

I struggled with this too! I tried to think about where they might actually like to live, and what to surround their house with (both built and natural items).

I have a few gathered together in a more developed area with streetlamps, paths, benches, etc. Snooties like Timbra and Claudia,
Gruff (who has a kind of bar-ish interior), and Cherry.
Vesta lives near the public garden, a few blocks off the beach, surrounded by trees and a swinging bench and little free library.
Camofrog's house is tucked into a cliff, surrounded by weeds and some outdoorsy equipment.

 

[Le Ham]

I sort of took a middle road to the neighborhood vs spread-out villager distribution - half of them have each other as neighbors, but I gave them huge front yards/properties of their own where I could decorate according to their styles/interests. I didn't know what else to do with the space I had, so giving a lot of it to the villagers made sense rather than creating packed, cluttered spaces. As of today, Rodney and Sprinkle also have private beaches like I do lol.

Still moving a couple more houses around, so can't post a map atm, but here's Billy's yard as an example if you'll excuse the mannequins lol

 

[Koi Fishe]

I'm currently trying to make a neighbourhood. In NL, I had most of them lined up in a row, placing villagers that get along nicely beside each other. In NH, I'm planning on putting stairs up the middle, with houses on each side, equally. I'll probably make a yard area for everyone with furniture that goes with their theme!

 

[Bk1234]

I'm currently trying to make a neighbourhood. In NL, I had most of them lined up in a row, placing villagers that get along nicely beside each other. In NH, I'm planning on putting stairs up the middle, with houses on each side, equally. I'll probably make a yard area for everyone with furniture that goes with their theme!

When you finish can you post a picture? This sounds like such a cool idea!

 

[Koi Fishe]

When you finish can you post a picture? This sounds like such a cool idea!

Of course! I'm glad you like my idea

 

[kindheartedhog]

I originally spent all the bells to move my villagers into 2 neighbourhoods but really didn't like it so I moved them away.
Pros

• You'll always know what are your villagers are if you're ever asked to do an errand or run into a lost item
• Aesthetically it can look nice
• Helps with the "symmetrical" look

Cons

• Villagers will literally be nowhere else, you won't find them wandering around the island. They'll only be walking around areas close to their house
• Pretty limited for decorating and giving your villagers "yards"
• Takes up a massive chunk from your island

I'm currently in the process of destroying my neighbourhood and moving my villagers around my island wherever I please for a more "natural" look. Not been at it for long and all my houses aren't yet moved so take this with a grain of salt.
Pros

• Can put villagers houses into a specific area that matches their personality or species
• More natural looking
• Villagers will be walking and exploring your island all over as opposed to one place

Cons

• Can be hard to figure out where to put a villager based off aesthetics (like for me I have no idea where to put ones I don't know much about or that I find ugly)
• Can be hard to find them if you want to talk to someone specific or have something to give them
• If you're looking to have a symmetrical town it won't work