Darn it, it takes TIME to set up a full world!!

I'm doing this but gradually, so all premade characters and houses were deleted, and 90% of the communal lots . So far I have built 2 homes and one bar from scratch with more to follow as the played households expand. Over time I want descendants of my founder sim to fill the world. Game generated sims are living in the apartments but I'm sure that may change eventually. My founder's kids are still teens though so it will be a little while before they start building their own homes.