Controlling N.A.P.s in other neighbourhoods

I'm coming around to some of the Neighborhood Action Plans. I have even decided it can be a good thing to have to keep an eye on the mailbox and out-vote the NPCs. Certainly I find that a bit more fun and realistic over just voting in whatever with the only voice that counts.

Anyway, what I didn't like in my game was travelling just one neighborhood over for a date at the local bar only to find "We Wear Bags" obviously in effect and the date ruined by the stupid paper bag heads (including the inactive Sim that was my Sims date, ugh!)


Is there a way to ban certain NAPs or to otherwise control NAPs in neighborhoods outside the active household??? Waiting with baited breath for help. Please and Thank you.