whats wrong with my town?

[slothly]

okay so i need someone to come to my town and scope out what the problem is thats stopping it from having a perfect town rating??
i had perfect town rating for the past 7 days but today suddenly my town is too "full of garbage"? i know its not weeds bc i went to leif and he said theres none so i got no idea whats going on? maybe someone could come + explain?
also i have a LOAD of pwps like 20 something and i cut down all my excess trees like it used to be perfect so idk what happened?? i just need the golden watering can omg

 

[Arcticfox5]

I'm not sure, but I think if there is a fossil in the ground somewhere it also counts as 'garbage'.

 

[slothly]

for real? i did not know that okay ill try see can i find any ahhh thanks ^^"

 

[uwuzumakii]

Buried fossils, gyroids, or rare mushrooms do not count as garbage, I know that much. Do you maybe have items buried or items on the ground? Anything buried except for those three things counts as garbage, I think...

 

[slothly]

nope, nothing buried? i have a lot of fruit lying around but that never affected the rating before so idk ill pick them up anyway ahaha

 

[UntilWeBleed]

Rotten fruit, garbage caught from fishing, and any items on the ground go against the perfect town rating. Shells and regular/perfect fruit on the ground are fine, as well as buried items. If you still haven't figured out the problem then I could come over and help you ^^

 

[Zebetite]

I'm probably being far too obvious here, but remember to use up on the d-pad to check behind trees and obstructions and make sure you haven't missed anything.

 

[ams]

Any chance the type of PWPs could be affecting it? Did you recently build a garbage can or something? (wow "build a garbage can" sounds really stupid)

 

[UntilWeBleed]

PWP's dont affect the towns rating negatively at all; it's only stuff on the ground that does.

 

[janedoe]

I thought flashy ones did- like the billboard and illuminated arch.

 

[UntilWeBleed]

If they do, then that is the first that I am hearing of it. I don't see why they would though as they are things requested by the villagers.

 

[Zebetite]

A small handful of projects do negatively affect the town's rating, the oil rig having the worst impact.

 

[ams]

Yep. According to Thonky and IGN guides things like the drilling rig, garbage can, tires etc. will make it more difficult to get a perfect town.

To the OP the IGN guide was my favourite when getting perfect status, so I'll link it in case that helps.

http://ca.ign.com/wikis/animal-crossing-new-leaf/How_to_Get_a_Perfect_Town_Rating

 

[UntilWeBleed]

Really? I have the garbage can in my town and never noticed a difference in my rating, though I do have the Beautiful Town Ordinance in affect so maybe that has something to do with it. Thinking about it, it does make sense that those would affect the town rating as they are quite...unsightly, I suppose.