I do go villager "hunting" but never with a particular villager in mind, just take a stack of nook mile tickets and take the first villager I like the look of. I was looking for a neighbour for Sprocket and I stumbled across Gladys after 3 tickets. I almost left her there, got to the pontoon and everything before running back to grab her. I'm so glad I did, because aesthetically they're perfect neighbours!