Asian townies

I mean...just because a Sim has an Asian-sounding name or a Middle-Eastern name doesn't really mean that they have to be that ethnicity, or even match it. They're only names after all, and even though fulleditmode-ing them all so you can change their names is a pain, it can be done. I have a friend whose family is Mexican, she doesn't have a Mexican last name nor does she look Mexican. Still is though! It's all just a weird name not matching the face thing.

And on the "what kind of city is San Myshuno" topic, does it really matter? All of the other neighbourhoods in the game (at least in my experience) usually get white generated townies, so is it really a problem to have this one that doesn't? You could just...move. Or fulleditmode them if you don't like how they're generated. Everything in the Sims is fictional so I don't think we can try to pinpoint exactly where these places would be if this was the real world.

"H_alces;15423431" wrote:

And on the "what kind of city is San Myshuno" topic, does it really matter?

Actually, it does to me. I really enjoy having a backstory for my cities and a sense of place is very much part of that backstory. Not that I need it to be too realistic or precise. For example, I have decided that Windenburg is somewhere in Germany, but I don't really care where, or whether it genuinely resembles any actual German city. And, as I have already said, I like to think of San Myshuno as somewhere in the east, although I don't really care about its exact whereabouts.

But a sense of general location is important to me, because it helps to spark off my imagination. For example, my idea of San Myshuno is that it is a pleasant city on the surface, but because of its history it has a dark underside, with a lot of underground criminal activity and a lot of espionage/counterespionage. I have created characters and clubs to take these ideas further and, truthfully, haven't enjoyed myself so much since Sims 4 began. Now I am not for one moment suggesting that everybody want or needs to play that way, but I do.

"Erica87;15421669" wrote:
Rieko Suzuki, everyone. The epitome of the "asian townies syndrome". She's blond, has dark skin and a japanese name. Fun!
https://erica87.lima-city.de/sims/sims/RiekoSuzuki.png

Yeah, because not a single Japanese person has darker skin / a tan or dyes their hair.

Oh wait...
https://japanesefashiontrends.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/43105271.jpg
http://s4.favim.com/610/140609/bad-girl-blonde-hair-gyaru-japanese-fashion-Favim.com-1828554.jpg

I thought it was just me then Googled and found this thread.

It was time consuming, but I went through all my unplayed sims and deleted them or changed the looks and names of most of the game generated sims.

I has a lot of sims in ethnic clothing or with Asian and middle eastern names. Some is one thing, but most? Come on.

*Had, not has.

"Yoko2112;15428448" wrote:

"Erica87;15421669" wrote:
Rieko Suzuki, everyone. The epitome of the "asian townies syndrome". She's blond, has dark skin and a japanese name. Fun!
https://erica87.lima-city.de/sims/sims/RiekoSuzuki.png

Yeah, because not a single Japanese person has darker skin / a tan or dyes their hair.

Oh wait...

Afaik, they're quite a minority and I have the same issue, either it's blond or gray but not black.

I delete spawned townies as often as possible because they are grotesque looking.
Or they are named something ridiculous or are wearing something they shouldn't be caught dead in.

Also, the early comments on this thread are gold.

I have tended to edit my townies lately. (I'm also sometimes turning aging off while I rotationally play so Sims are around for a while). I just recently got CL and haven't noticed this. I did go to Alien Night at a bar and then had a whole bunch of aliens flood the game. All my street carts were run by aliens and that was really annoying me.

I welcome the great diversity in the game. Most of my townies are diverse, I just try to make them fairly realistic and to avoid walking fashion disasters. I edit out the crazy mohawks. I have left a few of them a bit weirder but I try to give most of them flattering outfits and style. If I were seeing a bunch of very similar-looking townies, I might edit some of them and make them more varied. I make up back stories for some of the townies who show up a lot. I do like being able to have Sims in the game who are reflective of broader cultures.

"Erica87;c-15413327" wrote:
implications) then please at least make the population somewhat accurately resemble a normal american town. I'm pretty sure New York doesn't have 45% asians, 45% indians, 10% genetically atypical people and nothing else :lol:

In NYC, there are entire neighborhoods full of Chinese, Indians and Middle Easterners, and that's probably what they were going for by having townies of that ethnicity in CL. It's not so much that everyone is supposed to be Asian and Indian but that there are ethnic enclaves of Asians and Indians there and that you're running into them, just like you would in a place like NYC.

"FKM100;c-15413870" wrote:
I suppose it depends on where you imagine San Myshuno to be. For my part, I don't think of San Myshuno as an American city. I know that the designers were influenced by American cities like San Francisco, but to me San Myshuno just does not look American.

Parts of San Myshuno are clearly American. The area around the Old Salt House is very reminiscent of DUMBO and the waterfront parks in Brooklyn, NY, right down to the warehouse buildings and bridge in the background with the train that runs across it.

Townies look crazy. It's so obnoxious.