Unlike other players, I don’t find the Goths interesting, nor the Landgraabs or many of the mainstream sims that others like to play. I tend to look for Sims that aren’t generally used often and play them. And they also have to fit the age-frame of my currently played sims. I need to be able to fit them into my family structure.
If I’m replacing a wife for Yasunobu (Haruo’s father) who when Haruo hits young adult, his dad would be in his late 50s. And finding a wife in the town that fits that criteria is tough without making one. I’m thinking that Morgana, who would divorce Thornton would be a bit too young still for Yasunobu.
Likewise Haruo and River’s kid (when they have one) would be too young for an elementary school aged Bella Bachelor in Sunset Valley. So I tend to tell the stories I like within a small narrow framework of Sims that I can utilize which limits the sims that I can make use of.
And I haven’t played much in other populated towns.