Town design tips

You really have to plan it. When I nuked my feeder town, I knew roughly where I wanted everything to go. I didn't draw it out, but I did have a pretty clear image in my head. The hardest part was the monorail. Because the tracks end up blocking other stuff and it's frustrating, so you have to play with where you put them so they're in town, but not directly blocking anything. The other thing is, don't worry too much about decorating around buildings at the beginning. Just plop them down where you think you'll have enough room to decorate around them, and move on. The buildings are the most important things to get out first, because that way if you do end up running out of room and having to move stuff around/squeeze it in, you won't have to put away a bunch of decorations first.