Belladonna Cove

Belladonna Cove is a neighborhood included in The Sims 2: Apartment Life. It may be named after Bella Goth, as there is a statue of Bella holding a PlumbBob in the center of the city. Additionally, "bella donna" in Italian means "beautiful lady", which may refer to Bella Goth. Belladonna is also another name for deadly nightshade, a highly poisonous plant which was allegedly used by witches, so the name might allude to the fact that witches are now introduced into the game.

The neighborhood contains apartment lots as well as normal residential and community lots. Belladonna Cove is the largest neighborhood of The Sims 2 and has many residential lots and community lots. It also has the largest playable population and territorial area. Belladonna Cove has many distinct districts: Slums, a trailer park, an industrial zone, a park area, the central city, the suburbs, a modern district, and the Hills, a fancy neighborhood where the high-class residents live. One thing often unnoticed about Belladonna Cove is its relative wealth. On average, Sims living in the poorer area of Belladonna Cove have around §13,000; while those living in the wealthy area have §50,000 to §227,000. In contrast, most families in Pleasantview start out with around §1,000.

Belladonna Cove may be a newer town as many of the pre-made families have recent memories of moving out and in to a new home.

Unlike the premade deceased Sims of Pleasantview and Strangetown, most premade deceased Sims in Belladonna Cove have some memories, but not a complete set of life memories.

It is interesting to note that there is a "secret" lot in a corner of the map, wich can be accessed by playing with the view mode, or by pressing 'tab'. The house on this lot looks like some retreats in Bon Voyage, and it has a value of around §36,000.



Baldwin family
Benjamin and Isabel (who is Carlos Contender's niece) are married and have two children: Sofia (child) and Marcus (toddler).

Cho family
Vivian is a widow with a young daughter, Etsu.

Cleveland family
Jason and Marissa (Geoff Rutherford's sister) with their son Justin. Although they don't live in the Hills, they are considered part of the upper-class since they have more than 50,000 simoleons in funds.

Contender family
Carlos Contender, an elder man who reached the top of the sports career, the uncle of Isabel Baldwin.

Cordial family
The Cordials are very similar to the Pleasant sisters, and they live in an exact copy of the Pleasant family home. They are Samantha and Kimberly Cordial. Kimberly is friends with the high witch of darkness for the neighborhood and Samantha is friends with the high witch of lightness.

DeBateau family
Armand DeBateau was married to Jessica Peterson, but she cheated on him, so they divorced. He is a business tycoon and is now living with his adopted teenage daughter Tara. He is the richest Sim in Belladonna Cove

Green household
Gabriel Green and Chastity Gere are roommates living in Belladonna Cove. Despite being very different, they have been best friends since elementary school. When you first enter the family, Gabriel and Chasity have the option to kiss. Depending on the kiss, (eg. a make out will have a stronger effect than a peck) Gabriel and Chastity can fall in love or become crushes.

Rutherford household
Geoff Rutherford and Connor Weir are roommates living in the nicer part of Belladonna Cove. They are quite wealthy.

Riley family
Timothy Riley is a widower living with his child daughter, Sally Riley.

Peterson family
Jessica Peterson is trying to make it on her own after her divorce from Armand DeBateau.

Gavigan family
Mary and Nathan and their child Isaiah.

Goodie family
Faith Goodie and her husband, Herbert Goodie are in the family bin.

Patel family
Ana Patel is in her last stage of pregnancy when you first play the family, she works as a Hostess. Her husband is Ramir, who is a City Council Member. They live together in an average-sized apartment with two floors.

Newson family
Six orphans who have no adult living with them. The family consists of two teenagers, two children and two toddlers.

Baie de Belladonna