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A '''neighborhood''' in [[The Sims (series)|''The Sims'' series]] is a place that consists of [[lot]]s. Initially, neighborhoods were small (10 lots in ''[[The Sims]]'' base game) and consisted of only [[residential lot]]s, but later expansions for ''The Sims'' allowed [[community lot]]s to be added. This pattern was continued into ''[[The Sims 2]]'';, withwhich ''[[Theprovided Simsthe 2:customization Openof forplacing Business|Opendown fornew Business]]'',and Simsremoving could buy communityexisting lots and establish [[business]]es there. Residential lots could also be [[lot assignment|rezoned]] as [[Dormitory|dormitories]] (withIn ''[[The Sims 2: University4]]''), [[hotel]]sneighborhoods (''[[Theare Simsalso 2:known Bonas Voyage]]'')districts, and [[apartment]]sare (''[[Theorganized Simstogether 2:as Apartmentpart Lifeof a larger [[world]]'').

== Traveling within neighborhoods ==

In ''The Sims'' and ''The Sims 2'', Sims traveledtravel from one lot to another, with nothing in between. The player wouldwill see them leave the lot they wereare on and disappear, after which a loading screen wouldwill appear. The player wouldwill not see them again until they reappearedreappear on the destination lot.<ref group="notes">Prior to ''[[The Sims 2: Nightlife]]'', the player would then have to select their destination from a neighborhood view; ''Nightlife'' introduced the ability to select a destination in advance.</ref> InThis is the same in ''The Sims 4'', but Sims can also travel to public areas in the loaded neighborhood. Visiting another lot in the same neighborhood, or going anywhere outside the neighborhood, brings a loading screen.

===TravelingBetween to sub-neighborhoods===

In ''The Sims 4'', Sims can easily travel and [[Moving|move]] between neighborhoods, but only those Sims in the active neighborhood can be fully controlled. Sims outside the loaded neighborhood can be partially controlled, however.<ref name="SimsVIP interview with SimGuruGraham" /> Households can be moved between different neighborhoods in the same world, or between different worlds, without issue.

[[File:Loading_Screen_of_Neighborhood.png|thumb|Loading Screenscreen of a Neighborhoodprimary "Praperduvis"neighborhood.]]

When a player chooses a premade neighborhood from the main menu to play in, the player is greeted with the [[Storystory Modemode]] window that introduces the captured lifeslives of every resided family of the hood. Custom neighborhoods can also come with a story made by a player, though the mode doesn't open by default after entering the neighborhood view.

Unlike in ''The Sims'', all sub-neighborhoods, inbarring ''Thesecret Sims 2''sub-neighborhoods, offer residential as well as community lots. Downtown and shopping district sub-neighborhoods are essentially treated as extensions of the neighborhood, but colleges and vacation destinations have the following restrictions:

*Only [[young adults]] can live in college sub-neighborhoods. Only [[teen]]s can move in, and this triggers the transition to young adult. Moving out of the college sub-neighborhood triggers the transition to [[adult]]hood.

*[[Belladonna Cove]]{{vgversion|TS2:AL}} was addedintroduced sofor players couldto experience living in [[apartment]]s.

*[[Bridgeview]]

*[[Llama Lagoon]]

*[[Ridgeline Drive]]

*[[Granite Falls National ParkForest]]

*[[DeepHermit's WoodsHouse]] (hidden)

*[[The IslandCrumbling Isle]]

*[[CountrysideWindslar]]

*[[ModernLykke DistrictCentre]]

*[[OldOlde Town DistrictPlatz]]

*[[Civic Center]] (hidden) {{vgversionVgversion|TS4:GTW}}

*In The Sims 3 for console, the neighborhoods are [[Moonlight Bay]] (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3), [[Vista Beach]] (Wii), and [[Beacon Bay]] (Nintendo DS), and an unnamed world known as [[Nintendo 3DS neighborhood]] (3ds).

*In ''[[The Sims 3: Pets (Console)]]'', the neighborhood shipped with it is [[Maple Coast]] (Xbox 360 and Playstation 3), and [[Port Abrel|Port Abel]] (3ds).