Path sizes

[Globes216]

How wide does everyone have their paths? Normally I'd make my paths 2 squares wide but im starting to wonder if 4 squares might be nicer... Ideally 3 would be nicer but then it becomes uneven with inclines an bridges ...

 

[Xara]

i personally have mine 2 squares wide - i’ve never been super fond of having wider paths (3-4) so 2 has always been my safe number aha

 

[basicbobagirl1130]

I’ve made most of my paths 4 squares because I thought 2 squares for streets would be too small (my island is urban themed!). I used 2 squares for my old paths though.

 

[InstantNoodles]

I've used mainly 3-4 squares though I prefer the look of narrower streets - just too much hassle to change this though so I've kept it

 

[Shyria]

I mostly have 2 tiles wide paths, and a few 3-squares ones where appropriate (to act as avenues in my shopping district or leading to the RS)

 

[CrankyCupcake]

Single tile wide, meandering paths for my island because it's got a nature-rustic theme going for it. The paths have lots of green grass on both sides of them. I like seeing the green grass.

Wider paths generally have a greater city feel about them.

 

[Bugs]

I actually kind of like the smaller paths, 1 or 2 wide.

 

[JellyBeans]

mostly 2 wide, anything more feels too big. I have one tile wide paths in some more tucked away areas where they fit in better.

 

[Jhine7]

I make mine 2 wide, just fits perfectly with what I need my island to do. Plus, its as wide a bridge, which looks nicer when running off the bridge in my opinion. I've seen 3 and 4 though, which also work.

 

[KittenNoir]

I have mine 2 wide 3 or more would be way to big and take up to much room.

 

[g u a v a]

mine are 2 wide, but they do get a little bigger at intersections and around town buildings.

 

[Alicia]

Mine are mostly 2 wide, but in some places its bigger and others its smaller. My boyfriend who used a street and sidewalk for his path is I believe 5 wide.

 

[Clock]

Mine are always 2 tiles wide.
Anything higher is too big for me.

 

[Chris]

Two. Same width as an incline.

 

[Imbri]

I have a "main street" that leads from my airport to my shops and Resident Services that is 3 tiles wide. It curves into a 2-tile path that leads to a bridge and crosses it up to an incline. Branching off from that are 1-tile paths to the villagers houses.

I think 4 might be a bit much (unless you're going with a heavily patterned island, then it would make sense; mine is more natural, so it would look out of place), but ranging the width looks more interesting, IMO.

As with most everything in this game, it's whatever you think looks good to you. If you put down wide paths and like how it looks, that is the right look.

 

[HermitBear]

main paths 2 tiles
deco spots 1 tile

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

Mine are typically 2 wide to match up with bridges and inclines. My old map had a main street going from the airport and leading to the northern part of my island that was 4 wide, but looking back, 2 would have been sufficient as well.

 

[alv4]

I use 2 squares on my island. Only I use 3 in 'principal' paths and those of 3 have a tree in the middle every few squares

 

[niconii]

I’m thinking of redoing my island but at the moment my paths are 2-3 tiles, mostly just two.

 

[Larsi]

2 and 4 mostly. In the forest area it's 2 although I'm slowly removing the paths now. 4 is for the beach boulevard. That just have to be wide as that's how I remember it from back in the days in real life.