ECO Lifestyle: Influence Points are pointless very quickly

I think they are also used when voting for Community Space changes, so depending on how often you vote for those to change they could come in handy.

If you play rotationally you may use more too if other households repeal NAPs and change them.

I'm waiting for the premade sim/lore overhaul to redo my base save, but when I do I'll be using the Community Space lots in the cheap/poor areas of each world as shared resources and access to high-priced or oversized skill items makes the most sense there.