Do multiple residents compete for resources (fruit, fossils)

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I'm playing on someone else's 3DS where he is the Mayor and I am just a resident. We are both concerned that because we are both gathering fruit, digging up fossils, etc., that it'll lessen what the other person will have to collect. Does anyone know how often fruit, fossils spawn and whether that is increased if there are multiple players on the same cartridge?

Best Answer

Well, yes. Fruit respawns after every few days. Fossils pop up every day. If you shake trees and dig up some fossils, there will be less for the mayor to collect...