"The struggle is real" - lol - made me laugh. I have a family in a small starter house (1 bedroom which I enlarged to 2 using the awesome pull out the walls routine) and my bills are around $480 a week. Two adults working - it's do-able, although I'm not racking up the simoleons like I'm used to. Dad just died - I don't know how the family is going to make it. *sniff* (BTW, Dad died off-lot. All items were placed in the family inventory and his urn showed up at the house - in case anyone was wondering.)
I'm actually liking the bills being higher. TS3 was way too easy money-wise.