Why not Strangetown!?

I don't think they've re-used any of the old world/neighbourhood names. Also judging by the name it's stranger than strange...

Strangetown is strange, but StrangerVille is even stranger.

And I'm loving it!

I don't think Sims 4 will ever do a complete and total rehash of an existing world from past games and all of what happened in it. Instead you'll get this StrangerVille that depending on one's opinion, could either be masquerading as a newly updated Strangetown 2.0, or a cheap knockoff brand of it. You choose what to believe...

I love the extra "R" - it adds to something that was there before. It's even stranger :)

Remember that many simmers never played ts2, so to them this is brand new stuff.

Strangetown is unique to Sims 2, just like Sunset Valley is unique to Sims 3. Your characters can still recieve post cards from those places and there are other references to them so we know they exist in the Sims 4 world, but it's better that we only get to explore and live in new worlds instead of rehash the same old ones.

Strangerville could be a sister town or cousin city to Strangetown.

The devs confirmed a long time ago that Sims 4 does not exist in the same universe as the previous games. And so, they are not part of the chronology that runs The Sims 3, The Sims and The Sims 2. As such, their landmarks and settlements would not be identical either.

https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Alternate_universe

I suppose it's because it isn't a town? Only "a collection of villages" as Susan Boyle said in her audition :p .

Because Strangetown can’t be in two places at once ?‍♀️

"AquaGamer1212;c-16964490" wrote:
Because Strangetown can’t be in two places at once ?‍♀️

Or can it?! Dun dun dunnnnnn!

"Eliharb;d-955807" wrote:
Did we get an answer from the SimGurus on why it's called Strangerville and not Strangetown? Why not just build on top of Strangetown from TS2? A little continuity?

Seeing how TS4 is set in an alternate universe where Bella Goth was never abducted, Strange Town is perhaps named StrangerVille in this universe.

It could also be that the town has changed name over the years. Much like Sunset Valley was renamed Old Town by the Goths, and then renamed again Pleasant View when the Pleasants became the wealthiest of the town.