Personally I love Raymond and find him adorable but it kinda scares me how obsessed with him people are? I have him and sherb on my island and adore both but yeah Raymond isn't my favorite villager (that would be Julian, I have a huge attachment to Julian lol, poor Julian isn't nearly as popular as he used to be, partially thanks to Raymond lol) I have a soft spot for smug villagers in general as a lot of my favorites are smug, and I like the personality type! I remember when Marshall was the most popular, Raymond absolutely ate him up. I don't really care about villager popularity, and I got lucky enough to find Raymond on a nook miles island, so I didn't have to buy him but back in the day I was willing to spend a lot of bells on him lol. I would never spend real life money on him tho, unless I was buying his amiibo card (which funny enough I got multiples of him when I bought the new packs, I think i still have my extras i should sell or trade them at some point)
I like Raymond well enough. He's not one of my favorite villagers or even one of my favorite cat villagers, but I wouldn't mind having him on my island. I wouldn't go out of my way to get him, but if I were villager hunting and came across him on an island then I might go ahead and invite him. I like that he has heterochromia, and I also like his facial expression
I do like Raymond! Never had him on my island though. I didn't have his card when I was playing a lot and I didn't want to spend all my tbt on him moving in either I might have him move in in the future though!