What happens to the cycle once you have ten villagers?

[Jellybean23]

Does that mean that two will exit in a row, bringing it back to the cycle of:

9 villagers, one leaves
8 villagers, one enters
(and so on)

?

 

[xinggan]

Yes, I believe that is correct. When your town has reached maximum capacity, the game treats it the same way as if you had 9 villagers in that you are in "exit mode" (a villager must leave).

 

[Andelsky]

From how I've cycled.. whenever I have 10, 2 leave before another even moves in. I've never seen where it'd drop to 9 and someone would move in, unless I recruited from the campsite/etc.