Is the sims 2 better than sims 3? what's your opinion?

Up until a month and a half ago would have said Sims 2, it's the game I'd keep going back to when wanting to play The Sims. Recently gave Sims 3 a chance again after quitting a few weeks into the base game release and enjoy it a lot more than the sims 2. I've learned to like story progression, I love the open world, and how the time passes no matter where in town your sims are. In the sims 2 I'd rarely make use of my expansion packs life Night Life because I hated returning after all the loading screens and time spent downtown to it being the same time as when I left, making the days longer. The sims in sims 3 took some getting used to, but getting there with that.