Thank you  san-myshuno-dreaminlittleblondesim didilysims and  holleyberry for your suggestions! I decided to add the no-townie version of the Downtown to Strangetown. You will see it in action next in two rounds when a young, happy couple (guess who!) moves there. 

Thinking about adding the Downtown to Strangetown… But I’m not sure if I should add the version with Downtownies to it or the one without? On the one hand, I don’t like excess Sims, but on the other hand, an empty Downtown? Or do I install the sim-less Downtown and add a few of the Downtownies that I like?

Answers enabled, because I like to get some input and then to the complete opposite. ?