It only takes like 30-45m of story to unlock the daily stuff (fortune, video store, coffee) in the new area. I just did that and then stopped for the moment. There is more stuff in the city I can't do yet but eh.
People say the main story is pretty short though if you do want to binge it.
I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner,
azuarc
in my sig!
https://www.backloggd.com/u/aitchdeetee/