Lol! I thought I was the only person who trashed their entire first day to start over. I was going to ask if anyone wanted my stuff, but then I figured I was just wasting time and killed my town.
I was the same way as you both. I made a town the day it came out, played for that day, and then realized that night that the layout wasn't what I wanted longterm.
I didn't actually feel like I lost anything of value, though, because I had a nice time playing around with that town a bit while it lasted.