What do you like in a town map?

Things I look for:

-Waterfall that's not going off to the side
-One pond
-Private beach
-My train station HAS to be blue.
-My town hall has to be either blue or dark green.
-Unique river
-One of the slopes must be going straight down and not to the side.

As you can see, I'm extremely picky.
 
I just used one from the first set of maps that Rover showed me. Here are the criteria that made me choose my current map:

-Native fruit: peaches
-One pond
-Beach on the east coast
-Plaza, train station, and Town Hall all lined up at the north side of town.
-waterfalls flowing south
 
I like having Re-Tail near the gates, I lucked out when I started Zephyr and got it right next to the gates. I also like having the Plaza and Town Hall near Re-Tail. That's really about all I look for in a map specifically :D
 
When I started my game when it first came out, I was definitely not picky with my map - I chose one of the first ones Rover gave to me as an option. I never knew that some people were so picky about maps until I started using this website. ^^;

I guess the one thing that I like in a town map when I was choosing mine was a map that didn't have any narrow strips of land. I would never know what to do with land like that & it would probably annoy me. I would NEVER reset my town, but thinking in the terms that I was to, I would definitely look for a map with a plaza in the middle - which my current map does not have. That's probably about the only thing.
 
i like plaza in middle, preferably with town hall just above
1 pond
horz waterfall
yknow the usual.
 
+ Used to love having my plaza in the middle of my map but I had to reset and now the one in the middle of my map is town hall so thats one.
+ Triangle grass
+ Apple/Peaches town fruit
+ One pond (I can deal with two)
+ I don't mind split beaches but I don't like private beaches.
+ Also don't like those little narrow parts at the top of the map. :|

I guess thats about it. :o
 
pirate beaches are cute and i like having the plaza either on the right side, or in the middle.
i also like rivers that stretch across the entire map!
having the retail store close to main street and the station is also convenient for trades using the retail method
 
I actually really love my town layout since I've never reset and this is actually my own first legit ac game. This map was the second one that Rover gave me to choose from and I never thought about it until I came on to ac sites and saw people talking about their ideal town. My town has alot of what people want in it though apparently, which I never knew was so popular until I showed them around my town, but I guess that's a good thing since I like it too :)

I guess if I ever did decide to reset or something my main things I would look for would be pretty similar to what I already have except for a few changes.

Private beach, only if they're tiny so that I can breed a few flowers, but not have a ton of land that is inaccessible.
River that stretches from one side to the other, needs to be windy enough that it's interesting.
Train station and town hall need to have primary colors: red, blue, green. Nothing lavender or dull looking.
Very few ponds, one is best or two if they are symmetrical.
Plaza either in the corner of the town or in the middle.
Retail close to the station. <-- Wish I had chosen something with this, it's a such a hassle when needing to sell turnips and stuff.
Waterfall should not fall to the front and not have that weird mini-round bump thing next to the waterfall or lake portion of the river.

I have most of these actually except for the retail and plaza part so I'm very happy with my layout. I just need more room for pwps and villager houses since I think my river was a little too windy to fit everything nicely.
 
I love maps that have a beach you can't access without a wet suit. That must be really neat. If I were resetting my town now, I'd try to get a map like that.

Other than that, I think most things just depend on personal preference and you can work around most features. There's no "perfect" map. :)
 
= circle grass (and then star snow i think)
= plaza in center, town hall nearby
= apples
= lots of room for pwps/landscaping
= no teeny slivers of land
= heck yeah
 
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