To made sure I'm following you: This is the screen you're seeing, with at least one villager moving around town, and noticing the plot appears located where you want it (even though it isn't official or the apparent location when you start with a new character to begin the plot-resetting process) prior to starting up the game of "Animal Crossing: New Leaf."
Yep....you got it.
4 and a half hours to get Muffy's house where Lucky's house was. I guess I've been lucky at this before. Today was just horrid.