The Sims 2: Nightlife/Downtowns

When you first open up a neighbourhood in The Sims 2: Nightlife, you will be given the option to add a new sub-neighbourhood to that neighbourhood. These neighbourhoods are known as 'downtowns' or 'nightlife destinations.' Installing one downtown to a base neighbourhood does not install it for each neighbourhood and if you install the same downtown, they will not be the same. That is, they will have a different population.

Differences between base and downtown neighbourhoods
Base and downtown neighbourhoods aren't that different from one another but there are a few differences:


 * Downtown has unique NPCs including the Vampires, Slobs, Divas and Mr Bigs. The other NPCs (Known as downtownies) generally have better jobs, more money and higher skills.


 * The Maxis-created Downtown has more community lots than Maxis-created base neighbourhoods. (e.g. Pleasantveiw, Strangetown)


 * By default downtown neighbourhoods will be shown at night in the nieghbourhood veiw