My advice helped you but not me.
I'm restarting again. Yes, I know. I've restarted like 24892673 times. But the game was made for people to enjoy, and I dunno, I enjoy resetting and experiencing new towns. I'm going to dump everything in my sister's town, then I'm going to find a decent town and probably cycle for a bit. Eventually, I think I will make a proper town to settle down in, but for now, I'm just going to do as I please, reset, make a nice town, I dunno.
#serialresetter4lyfe
I feel the same way. While I do want to experience the "full game", i.e. unlocking all the shops, etc., I do love experiencing new town layouts & new villagers quite often.