this is my fourth time rearranging my island

[rezberri]

tbh i havent rly done anything with my island yet but i have Plans, or i did but now im having second thoughts.

ik i want to have a more naturally themed island so im planning on only using dirt paths with some stepping stone designs. i would like to use the cobblestone path but the stone is more gray when compared to the natural incline's more blue stones, and since it's the only incline i plan on using some sacrifices have to be made. i would like to place all my villagers into one giant neighborhood, but realistically while i may have a huge neighborhood, there will be little sub-neighborhoods where 2-3 villagers r kinda crowded to have walking space.

the plans i have will not be set in stone so if something is off looking i'll gladly change it again, so i imagine i'll soon also be on my 4th time rearranging my island.

 

[g u a v a]

pathways in particular are driving me nuts. do all of you have pathways? do all of your villagers live in one area or around your island? let me know

i have pathways leading to various areas of town, but i also left large park/garden areas without formal pathways, just grassy space. sometimes flowers grow into these informal paths but every so often i just go and do some maintenance.

all my villagers live on the north area of my island up on a hill.

here's a screenshot of my map, i got rid of a LOT of the paths you see but you can see the arrangement of the houses.

 

[GEEBRASS]

I was hesitant about pathways at first, but now I love them. "The Path" that everyone has been using is really a gamechanger, aesthetically. I have one main town area with five residents and the shops, then a more rural area with a couple residents and a mountainey wilderness area with a few residents spread around. I'm in the midst of my first major re-design & re-arranging, which will take me quite a while just to move the buildings.