Put a "Stop Generating Random Townies" Button in the settings

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.98.158.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Everything minus most kits
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play the game for a few sims day and count newly created homeless households
What happens when the bug occurs? Game endlessly generates townies
What do you expect to see? The game reuse generated townies for their existing roles and only generate new townies when absolutely necessary. (example: if 8 Strangerville scientists already exist, don't generate more)
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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I last played the sims somewhere around the release of cottage living. After that I took a long break that I am now returning from. I decided I'd replay Strangerville and this is when i noticed my issue.

The game seems to endlessly generate townies whenever one is needed for a situation. Having played an in game sim week, the game had generated about 15+ of each Strongerville role. Even though the game has already generated that many scientists, military, and conspiracy sims, the game doesn't seem to reuse/respawn them and makes a brand-new townie when the game needs to fill a roll. I mentioned above that I last played when cottage living came out, as I don't recall this being an issue then. During that time I was also playing jungle adventure and I don't recall the game constantly making new local townies for that.

Having so many sims filling up the non-played household tab has become frustrating, and I hope something can be done to limit the amount of needed townies