Item Selection Frustration!
I think they assume that after you place something - you don't want to select it again, so it chooses other things in circle around it. Good in theory - terrible in execution
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I got everybody beat. Lately I'd tap on say Luigi's (currently on the bottom of my town, farthest south and west). It will scroll the screen all the way over and highlight like the Gulp N Blow at least 4-5 land plots northeast-ish.
