“I heard it on the radio half an hour ago.”

“And you didn’t call me?!”

“Calm down, Sandy. We don’t know if this will impact us yet.”

“Of course it will! There are already talks about taxing the suburbs of SimCity, too! … Andrea, you’re smart. Tell me, what do you think I should do?”

Andrea sighed. “Wait. Wait until they announce more, and if they decide to impose it on the suburbs, too, sell. And look for a job. Any type of job. You’re gonna need it.”

The other end of the line went quiet for a moment and Andrea thought that Sandy had lost the connection when she heard a faint sob. 

“Good night, Sandy. Try to get some sleep. I’ll drop by tomorrow, okay?”

“Okay. Good night, hun.”

“Okay, guys! It’s closing time! Buzz off! I’m going home and I’ll lock you in if you don’t leave right now!”

“Oh for plumbbob’s sake! You’ve got to be kidding me!”

“Andrea?! Have you watched the news? They have to be joking, right?!”

Sandy heads over to the shop, opens it, I realise that still only Joe and Brandon show up, Sandy closes it and heads home. I’ll put all the stores into quarantine until I figure out what’s wrong… which makes a hood relying on Sims owning businesses rather unusable. 

EDIT 28/07/17: As you might notice, the posts up until now (well, at least the ones appearing around this time of the day) were put in the queue a few days ago. I still haven’t found a solution but I believe that I figured out another interesting way to play this neighbourhood, so stay tuned.