You can't have a basement, since you're still in a high rise – but you can totally have a pool that looks out over the city.Īs always, new careers, skills, and traits are available as well. They are completely customizable like houses, though there are some limits. For that, you'd need to save up and get yourself a penthouse. Once you buy City Living, you have access to these traits in any town you choose to live in all houses have them now, so you don't have to live in San Myshuno or an apartment to use this particular feature.Īpartments can be decorated and painted to your tastes, but you can't change the shape of the rooms or expand since you are just renting. My personal favorite is Haunted, which gives you a surprise incorporeal roommate. The more expensive ones may have traits like being On a Ley Line, increasing the chance of giving birth to twins, or Professional Kitchen, which means all food is of a higher quality. For example, in the cheaper areas of town, you may have an apartment that Needs TLC, where things seem to always need fixing or replacing, or Lively Neighbors that wake you up partying at all hours of the night. The apartments, like all the people in the city, have their own quirks and personalities that can work with or against you in interesting ways. Regardless of the neighborhood, apartment living plays a big role in this expansion. It hosts no festivals and has gourmet food and cupcake stalls. Uptown is, of course, the most expensive part of town to live in, and all the richest and most powerful sims live there. It hosts Geek Con, the Sims equivalent to E3 and Comic-con, and the Romance Festival, a celebration of flowers and love its food stalls tend toward American and Filipino. The Fashion District is higher class, with more expensive apartments and the most easily obtainable penthouse. The food carts are usually curry, ramen, or taco trucks. It hosts the Spice Festival, a food-based festival celebrating the city's many cultures, and the Flea Market, which is equal parts swap meet and scavenger hunt. Spice Market seems to be a global mash-up, with hints of various Asian nations and Central and South American countries. It hosts the Humor and Hijinks Festival, a team-based prank war, and the food stalls I normally find there are either Moroccan, Vietnamese, or Tea and Hot Drinks. The Arts Quarter is very bohemian and is home to artists and musicians.

The Arts Quarter and Spice Market have the least expensive (and quirkiest) apartments but also the most personality.

Sims 4 city living worth it