Is anyone else's Resident Services very close to their airport?

[Rize]

I think mine's just right, thankfully. I've seen people with super close resident services too, like 4 spaces.

 

[Bk1234]

Yes, mine is pretty close. I'm actually redesigning that area during the next couple of days.

 

[marieheiwa]

here’s mine (it looks a little different now but barely)! i’m not a huge fan of super intricate entrances (they look amazing on other people’s islands but it’s not my jam) so it was actually okay for me!

 

[greenvoldemort]

quite lucky that mine is located a bit far away feom the airport?? though i don’t understand the appeal?? you can still decorate around the resident services.. tho i agree we beed the option of moving resident services sigh...

 

[ohno dannie]

fairly, yes....its also a bit off to the side so im trying to figure out how to terraform so it looks nice...

 

[TheodoreCottontail]

I think we have almost the same map so I feel your pain. It wouldn't be so bad if we could change the colour of the building & the brick ground in front.

 

[notjadyn]

Oh my gosh, your island is just like mine. But yeah, it’s really annoying.
At first, I had some small terraformed hills with trees and flowers, and a waterfall and small lake. To get to the airport there were terraformed steps in the water.

I'm having trouble decorating my entrance because the resident services is so close to the airport.

I've put a pic of my map just so yous can get an idea!

does anyone else have this problem? if you do, how have you designed your entrance?

 

[Livia]

My RS is only 8 spaces away and 2 off center from the airport. I wish we could move it so it would be a little farther away, but I've made it work for now. I made a path to it with lots of flowers, and a goose statue because my island is named Goose Isle.

 

[Mu~]

8 tiles away, but both are aligned, so I'm ok with it.

 

[Feraligator]

5 tiles. 5.

I wish I'd considered the space on release day, but it wasn't something I'd considered at the time. I've made sort of an entrance but it's kinda boring.

 

[Plainbluetees]

Exactly 8 tiles away and 3 tiles to the left of the airport. It’s not half bad; I’ve developed a nice entryway path thing.

 

[Olimar]

I just restarted my island yesterday and picked an island with a RS that's ~10 spaces away from my airport and 1 tile off-centered but to be honest, that doesn't bother me at all. I plan to make an extended plaza that lines up with the edges of Resident Services, and with everything being nicely laid out (fountains, benches, etc) I think it will look just fine

 

[Croconaw]

Mine is a reasonable distance away, but it’s not centered. I haven’t finished designing my entrance yet. I think a centered Resident Services would be easier to work with.

 

[AccfSally]

Yes, mines is close and I'm right now trying to make it look nice.
I might have to move my buildings again.

I since deleted that island, this is how close it was. I hated it so much.

My current island's is kinda better (old picture from last year).

 

[MadisonBristol]

Mine is very close, but over to the right. Here's my map.

 

[PacV]

When choosing the island i was careful to not choosing one with Resident Services near to the entrance. Take some few resets.

 

[peachycrossing9]

Mine was pretty close on my first island, but I didn't struggle too much with it thankfully.

But on my new current island, I chose a map where the resident services is miles away, which I like so much better. I definitely prefer it to be further away.

 

[Kg1595]

I consider mine to be close (although not as close as some above). I ended up creating a town center in between, ringing a square of sorts in between both along with Nook’s Cranny and Able Sisters. I had hoped we would have gotten a standalone Roost by now, as I had carved out room in two or three spots for such an event, but that looks less and less likely now. Basically, this center is my urban core, located on my southern island with a suburban ring of villager houses encompassing it. My island gets less and less dense the further north you go. Julian lives on a hilltop observatory, near my campsite, which is meant to be undeveloped and natural.

The whole setup is very centralized and convenient, especially since my house isn’t too far away. I really like my island, and would not change it.

 

[Stikki]

Yeah mine is close. Was a bit of a pain recently, especially as my new plans included extending the airport, but I managed to make it work.

 

[Moritz]

This thread brings me back to the early days of the game when everyone wanted these extravagant elaborate airport's so having resident services close by was a huge issue.

I'm glad those days are over.
Never was a fan of then.

I dont have the island any more but on my second switch I had resident service a few tiles away from my airport.
I had made a nice little walkway to it. I quite liked it.

Lots of great stuff can be done with a resident services close to the airport!