How often do you live in an apartment?

"Beardedgeek;c-17348608" wrote:

"troshalom;c-17348370" wrote:

"Simsandra;c-17347693" wrote:
@troshalom I did not know it was based of Honkong, but cool to know^^
I guess I have read somewhere it was based of San Francisco and since I have never been out of Europe, I believed it :)

Welp @Simsandra it reminds of Hong Kong. I had the pleasure to vacation there, and immediately San Myshuno reminded me of Hong Kong, not San Francisco. And I think the nod to Karaoke bars and all of the Asian names of many of the Sims & NPCs City Living are a nod to an Asian city not a USA city. Even if San Myshuno is an amalgamation of Asian cities.

It has inspirations from all over. The Spice District is very clearly New York, for example (those brick houses surrounding the square are right out of any New York Sitcom or cop show, for those who has not been there but want references). The Art District is the most West Coast of all of them. Finance feels Hong Kong to me and Fashion has an odd mix of feel, but mostly specifically Japanese, not Chinese / Hong Kong (the large Zen garden, the Karaoke bar, the design of the apartment buildings.

When it comes to festivals the Spice Festival is also a mix of influences; half the dishes are Asian yes, but there is also a heavy Cajun and Tex Mex feel to some of them. And the music played is very much Southern US, for example.

@Beardedgeek nah the spice district is not NYC. Those shows about NYC are sets and half of them aren't right. Plus NYC doesn't have a spice district, we have a garment district, a finance district, broadway, china town, delancy street where you haggle, diamond district, but nope no spice district. -- those types of buildings can be anywhere, but they can also be the older part of Hong Kong. And not Tex Mex. Yeah, they like jalepenos down here in Texas but nope. I can see some cajun influence, but folks in Louisana don't eat with chopsticks. Meanwhile, in China I saw a woman carve an entire chicken with chopsticks better than a man in the US with knives. That music didn't remind me of Zydeco music though, but mostly I remember the music from the Romance festival, which is distinctly East Asian.

But yeah, Hong Kong and Asian cities are the influence "MyShuno" -- don't get swayed by the San part of it (teehee)

I'm sticking with Asia. Yes NYC, Hawaii, and Cali has lots of Asians and their influences affect the cultures of those areas, but there is nothing like the real deal. So, I'm sticking with Chinese, Japenese and Korean cities, with the biggest influence being Hong Kong. ?

But all in fun and tongue in check, honestly I don't know what the sim guru team were using as influences. But, when I first played City Living I was immediately transported to Hong Kong, so it will always be like that to me. Whether it is the glitzy new skyscrapers, the skywalks, the tram, huge subway stations, laser shows, continual fire work shows or the older style colonial buildings (that look like the spice district) it will forever be Hong Kong to me. (SimGuru don't burst my bubble ?)