questforsims said: maybe it’s an issue with how many sims are allowed on one lot? I remember way back in the day you had to use a special cheat to get more than two non-family NPCs to show up on a lot, but I swore that got patched out and the number bumped up to 8 or so. Though also, lower level businesses start out with less customers, so maybe that’s it?

Nah, my game’s patched up-to-date, my PC should be more than capable to handle all the sims and all the unowned community lots have plenty of visitors at once. Yes, but for a level 0/1 level, the maximum number is 3. I only ever get 2 at max. And ALWAYS the same two guys?