I have made a good effort to get at least one of everything on the ground and into my town. The rest I leave in inventory. I do wish the inventory was indexed, but it’s not a big deal for me to scroll to find what I want. You are welcome to send me a friend req if you’d like to see a town built with a more realistic setup, and not so much just a display of items acquired.
I’ve made a continuous effort to not have all buildings face the same way. I design many to appear as the rear, rather than all fronts. I don’t surround every single building with road, as that is just unrealistic to me. I’ve created business districts of varying economic levels, and residential areas too. There is logic to my entire town; with regard to placement of industrial, farm, rural, retail, and historic areas. I have primary in-roads which would have existed in the earliest stages of the town’s development. Almost all of my designs are inspired by places I’ve lived in Atlanta, the NJ shore, and the Carolina coast.
I love maxing out the realism when town building. Placing buildings and features to create realistic looking sidewalks and pathways is one of my favorite things to do. I also enjoy "forced 3-D" illusions by slipping roads and rivers "behind" retaining walls, cliff sides, and buildings. Come visit me once you’ve figured out the taboo trick @devilhunt1449 alluded to.