City hall

The City Hall is the chief administrative building of neighborhoods in The Sims 3. It's also a main landmark in the towns and was featured in many promotional videos and snapshots for The Sims 3.

Gameplay descriptions
At the city hall, Sims can get a job in the political career, take a charisma class, change their own and their children's names (both first and last), register to be self-employed in a skill career and tour city hall. Sims can WooHoo here but they might get caught by the security and be asked to leave.

City halls generate the following red map tag in-game:



Protests
Protests can often occur outside of City Hall, and the player can direct their Sims to participate, though the player cannot start a protest. Protests have about a 15% of starting, and are more common at the beginning of the game when a Sim or family moves into a new neighborhood. The topic of the protest is displayed on signs held by the protesters; the image shown on the sign is random. Joining a protest gives Sims with the Rebellious trait the 'Fight The Power' moodlet.

Sims can start a protest with the "me too" megaphone if University Life is installed

Sunset Valley
City Hall is the name of the City Hall rabbit hole in Sunset Valley.

The Sunset Valley City Hall is much larger than the one in Riverview. It fronts onto Central Park, a major meeting place in Sunset Valley.

It also shows a huge resemblance to the clock tower in the film Back To The Future.

Riverview
The city hall in Riverview is just called City Hall, exactly like the one in Sunset Valley. It fronts onto Four Bridges Park. It is considerably smaller than the city hall in Sunset Valley and lacks a clock tower.

Twinbrook
The city hall in Twinbrook is similar to other city halls, both in appearance and function. The Twinbrook Town Center sits in front of it. It has a dome.

Bridgeport
Public Services Office in Bridgeport houses the city hall, military base, and police department.

It appears to look like the Twinbrook city hall; boasting gold and white.

Appaloosa Plains
Appaloosa Plains Civic Center in Appaloosa Plains houses the city hall, the military base and the police department. This is the only city hall which is dissimilar to the others in appearance.

Starlight Shores
City Government Complex in Starlight Shores houses the city hall, the military base and the police department. The hall has an exquisite and rich look to it, looking more like a home than a City Hall.

Gallery
Hôtel de ville