Thinking about returning to TS3 after all these years. I have played since before TS1 had any expansions. When each new iteration came out, I swapped over pretty promptly and never looked back. ...
It's not as busy as the Sims 3 forums, but a lot less toxic. I play Sims 2, 3, and 4 at the moment. My first game was TS3. I got into the franchise in 2015, but I chose to start with Sims 3 instead of Sims 4 because the latter was heavily-criticized.