Villager Housing Placement: Scattered or Neighbourhoods?

[Alicia]

I was originally going to have villagers near each other in sets of 2, but then I couldn't figure out where to place the last two in a place I actually liked. Since I decided I didn't really like what I was doing on my island, I switched to a neighborhood area. I've got two villagers on my highest level, four on the middle and four on the ground level. They each have a small fenced in area! I'm still slowly moving the houses into the right spots though, still have four to go and since I don't time travel, I have to wait for each house to be moved each day!

 

[daisyy]

I love the look of a scattered map. I had grand ideas about landscaping. For example, having Drago live in a mountainous region with bamboo and a hot springs nearby and koi pond LOL! but I find practically, its much easier to have them in neighborhood and I’m not sacrificing much by having them that way. It would drive me crazy to run around the entire map every time I wanted to find a villager. I may change my mind later though, but I find it a lot easier to have big ideas than to execute them lol.

 

[DaviddivaD]

Mine are in their own residential area. Each have a fenced in yard.

 

[SheepMareep]

I have them in a neighborhood but am thinking of scattering 1-3 of them

 

[N a t]

I voted for scattered but probably should have done a mix of both. I like both but I personally wouldn't want all of my villagers in one neighborhood. So I have most houses set up to be close enough to have at least one neighbor or even two but I have houses on just about every corner of my map. If that makes sense. I felt the need to fill every bit of my island with something, be it a house or just some plants.

 

[DaviddivaD]

I've just finished making my neighbourhood and i personally really love it!! it feels like a little community

Below is a picture of my map, however i took this picture a while ago so its not 100% updated. On the left is my residential area half completed, along with my orchard. Currently i have one more house on the top right and ive managed to move the campsite and fit 4 more house gardens at the southern point! i may send some in-game pictures or videos if anyone wants me to

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How cool! Looks like a dragon! That must have taken a lot of work.

 

[udinafrog]

A mix of both. At the beginning I just wanted them at a distance, to feel more like a wild island without too many willagers being constantly around. Finally they have ended around the map, in groups of two houses, and everyone has a little garden area.

 

[LillyKay]

Neighborhoods: I have placed them at the Northern part of the island but they wander everywhere on the island which is good. They each have a nice big garden which is personalised. If I get bored of the set up I will move them around.

 

[Arckaniel]

At first I really wanted to do a scattered one since I want to do an overgrown rustic themed island but now I'm leaning more towards the all in one place one after I see some of those beautiful neighborhoods people of ACNH do and it's just so inspiring and beautiful to look at... I'd probably end up doing a mixture of both though

 

[Megina]

I have a Residents District, with them all together with a fountain in the middle, and a little cafe + garden area on the side.
But then I have 1 house (which is my special baby, Maddie) who is separate and by MY house, that has her own little bit of decoration.

 

[Heartcore]

I created a neighborhood on one side of my map, including my house. So clusters of 2-4 villagers with paths, some backyards, fencing, etc. There is also a playground I created that blends into the neighborhood. I really like it and feel like it makes everything seem more organized and easier to navigate. It also leaves me with a ton of extra room on my island for other projects and future buildings if needed.

 

[eat]

I have scattered neighbourhoods. I have 3 neighbourhoods with the largest one with 4 villagers while the other two neighbourhoods have 3 villagers each. I'm considering merging the two smaller ones into one big one though due to their proximity with each other.

 

[Campy]

I've been so back and forth about this, moving the same houses multiple times until I settled on a... semi-neighbourhood? I've got two clusters of four houses, and then an elevated area between those parts where I'll place the last two. I think it looks cute. I'll be placing my own home close to one of the clusters of four.

I was so anal about the house placement at first and it cost me a lot of energy and bells. I feel much happier now that I don't have to try to get them in perfect rows on the perfect spot on the map. Which doesn't mean I don't love the look of it on other people's islands!

 

[katielizzabeth]

I definitely have mine in a neighborhood. I prefer it because I was never so dedicated to NL that I wanted to plot reset to get the neighborhood look, now I can have it! Each of my villagers have a tiny fenced in yard with a space on either side of the house for flowers/ a piece of furniture or two, and the back two rows have a front yard across the sidewalk for more furniture if necessary.