Life In City Living Sucks

I haven't had any of those issues and play the city mostly - and my sims love it there...  BUT... I have always lived in one of the penthouses or The Old Salt House. No neighbor or other issues in those, plus you can re-design, add walls/rooms for more family, etc. If you move to the Fountainview Penthouse it is not so expensive and it's nice. Living in those is more like living in a house. I re-made my penthouse that Ledowski (? is that the right name) was in that is so huge (even with a big family it is ridiculous) into a restaurant with a bunch of fun stuff and access to if you eat there or not. You can download that from my gallery if you want it and replace the one in the game. Your people may have some fun there. Anyway, I don't play it exclusively, but it is fun with some modifications. Also... you can remove the Waterside Warble, as it is pretty useless, and add a residence or different business if you want to do 'Go To Work' and 'Dine Out'. The combination of all of those is what I use most in the city, personally. Hope something out of that is helpful, and you can have some fun there...