Diffrence between Willow creek and Magnolia Promenade?

"somewhsome;c-17760917" wrote:

"drake_mccarty;c-17760912" wrote:
Magnolia Blossom Park is the central neighborhood in Willow Creek made to look like a big park, Magnolia Promenade is the small world that came with GTW that’s used for retail. Visually they’re made to look like the same town.

They are actually the same town I think, in terms of how the game is built. I learned it from LittleMsSam’s Sul Sul Weather App mod, she said that Magnolia Promenade counts as a district of Willow Creek and that's why they have the same weather.
I also think that's true for the hospital and police station lots.

Actually, that's how the question arose! I was looking at it and I got confused

Magnolia Promenade---a useless shopping district where you can purchase the same items in buy mode

It may be useless but I've always wanted to challenge myself and make it so that if I wanted to buy a new piece of furnishing, plumbing, or anything really I had to go to a retail shop that sold it. Never have cause that would mean a lot of different retails.

"Nate_Whiplash1;c-17762819" wrote:
Magnolia Promenade---a useless shopping district where you can purchase the same items in buy mode

Yeah, I’m not into shopping in game. I turned it into more housing.

I usually place a restaurant on the spare lot there. But I do send my sims to the shops there as it's a great place to meet sims and, of course, you can fish for the elusive dragon fruit on the dock.

"Chicklet453681;c-17760361" wrote:
Yes as Permanentrose mentioned above, Magnolia Promenade is just a ridiculously teeny tiny "world" (I use that term loosely, since there's really no point in it). I never, ever use that world, it's a waste of space.

I find the stores pretty useless if you're not interested in owning a business. I usually turn it into another residential area, or add a park & restaurant. The fishing area near the steamboat is a good place for fishing up valuable objects like dragon fruits & cowplant berries. Other than that, there's nothing really interesting about it except that random sims often walk by in hot dog or clown suits.