


But there are other clues that can support this idea. Though it is a classic Sims rabbit hole location, level 5 of the political career is titled City Council Member and the description says, “Your first elected post, you've finally been admitted to SimCity's inner power circle…” The top of the political career in The Sims 2 has sims become the Mayor of SimCity, which could prove that Sims do indeed live in SimCity.


No matter which neighborhood a player is in, if a Sim joins the political career, the Sim will always be working for SimCity. In The Sims 2, the political career track mentions SimCity as the place that the Sims are working for. Related: How Sims 5 Can Make Jobs & Careers More Interactive SimCity is referenced throughout The Sims with examples such as the newspaper from The Sims Bustin’ Out being referred to as SimCity Times, a beach from The Sims: Hot Date expansion called SimCity Beach, and the Old Town neighborhood from The Sims: Unleashed expansion being known as “SimCity’s new historic Old Town district.” In The Sims and The Sims 2, players start the game off by choosing a neighborhood to play in, indicating that the various neighborhoods within the two games are a part of a big city. However, Will Wright’s prior simulation series possibly continues to exist as the primary big city that hosts The Sims series. While SimCity deserves more love, The Sims grew to be vastly more popular than the city builder. Will Wright made three SimCity games before the release of The Sims, which was originally created as a spin-off to the SimCity series. SimCity was a series of city builders first released in 1989. Before The Sims series released in 2000 there was another simulation gaming series made by Maxis co-founder and Sims creator Will Wright called SimCity.
