Open-Ended Neighborhoods Good vs. Bad

[PerdyViper]

Ok, so i'm sure almost everyone's hyped up about the Sims 3 coming out. But the whole open-ended neighborhood thing has got me all tied in a knot, literally. I can't figure out if it's a good or bad idea, so I listed a few pros and cons I think it might bring up. Post any others you can think up and tell me what you think.

Pros:
- No more long loading screens
- More impromptu trips to places
- Bored children? No problem, just have them walk over to a friends house instead of hoping they'll agree over the phone
- Shopping spree in more than one store

Cons:
- lag, lag, and more lag!
- Npc build up on lot could slow down your game
- Just a thought, but, could pets run away now? (that is, if they do add pets)
- Unwanted midnight visitors

[Truswagga]

the thing i am most worried about is definetly the all those sims could slow down my game >

[miSS_MoDeL]

there better b kids in TS3 or im gonna b really pissed off

[MadeOfEyelashes]

Speed seems like the only negative for me

But even then who knows how many people will truly be there?

The pictures always make it seem to have more people there then there truly are...

[Thoughttheywereskittles]

the splash screen will commit sucide loading all that and it will get giltchy