YOU GUYS, I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING SUPER INTERESTING AND INSANE.

So I did some digging, and get this.

THERE’S A COMMON LINK BETWEEN A LOT OF THE MISSING SHOPS/NPCS THAT MIGHT HINT AT A NEW FEATURE IN THE FUTURE.
This starts with Kicks and Label:

Kicks and Label are in the game, but they don’t have actual shops that are established as time progresses, they only visit your island every once in awhile.
Next off, we have the Happy Room Academy peeps:

Lyle and Lottie? Totally gone. Digby? Gone.

Allow me to show you more of the NPCs that are missing, this gets deeper, trust me.
Dr. Shrunk is missing as well!

Shampoodle? That queen? Missing.

Crazy Redd? Missing.

Let’s keep going... trust me.
Katrina, missing.

Gracie Grace, missing.

Interesting that these two are missing, considering how iconic they are, and they haven’t had their roles replaced by any other in-game feature.

Now, here’s where things get interesting.
Frillard and Phineas’s roles were replaced by their sons in Animal Crossing New Horizons.

Which means, they probably went back to their original roles:

Selling balloons for Phineas.

Performing at the theater for Frillard.
All of the missing NPCs or NPCs without shops share something in common:

They were in the city in Animal Crossing City Folk.

And all of them would be in those roles because of how things were set up.

Which means...

Everything is coming together for the city to make a return.
TL;DR:

All city characters/shops from Kicks to Redd to Katrina to Shrunk are missing.

Frillard and Phinneas are back in the city and retired from bug/fish stuff.

It’s the perfect storm for the city to come back.

TL;DR part two:

THE CITY IS COMING BACK AND I’M A BIT EXCITED.
OMG QUINCY MAKES ANOTHER GOOD POINT:

They made a special song for City Folk in ACNH!!!!

Everything is coming together... https://twitter.com/quincy_crossing/status/1245925382668181505
ANOTHER GOOD POINT, I’M SHAKING:

Reseti isn’t in either.

And guess what.

HE HAD A SURVEILLANCE CENTER IN CITY FOLK: https://twitter.com/Mattgamer003/status/1245925819903430661
ONE LITTLE CORRECTION:

I mixed up the bug off/fishing peeps.

However, this whole thread is still very much valid and the rest of it is true! https://twitter.com/zachevans97/status/1245922980636442624
ANOTHER INTERESTING THING I NOTICED:

Label’s luggage/attire look very metropolitan, and one of her bags HAS A GRACIE GRACE SCARF ON IT.

This could symbolize that she’s a fashion designer for Gracie Grace and working with her like in City Folk!
ONE OF MY FRIENDS SHOWED ME THIS 👀

One of the reviews that the Dodo birds will leave you for your island is a mention of how they want a second plane someday.

What if this is a hint at the airport getting an upgrade one day and being able to take us to new places like A CITY?!
They brought back the city from City Folk in Animal Crossing Pocket Camp last year... 👀
ISABELLE ALSO HINTS AT MORE SHOPS COMING IN THE FUTURE 👀 https://twitter.com/lazydogvillager/status/1247424173623787520
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