Are you finding the current story progression working for your style of play.

"catmando830;c-18139423" wrote:
I don't understand what neighborhood stories are, nor where they are to be found in the game.

If you go to manage worlds and manage neigbours you can choose if they can have babies/adopt kids/pets change jobs /retire / move in/out or have accidental deaths. If you click on the mailbox in your game and choose view neighbourhood stories it will let you know what is happening. You have to click several times to see all the stories