Families age together

[simgrapes]

My theory on the universal time is that each neighborhood is treated as if it were one large individual household/lot in the sims 2. In the sims 2 time passed for everyone in the household you were playing in at the same time, this was manageable because you could switch between the individual sims on the fly in real time. My point is that maybe because the neighborhood is one open playing field (no lots), perhaps you will be able to switch your sim to any other player controlled sim on the fly in real time regardless of household. This would solve any problems with the universal time. Notifications would come up if another sim in another household was doing something of interest, and then if you wanted you could instantly switch, like the system they are going to have for food and bathroom. It still seems a little chaotic, but I can't see them handling this universal time thing any other way. Thoughts?