This is outside of the main topic, though, and we already have a random gripe thread. On subject, I'm now doubting the newspaper headlines. On a Sunday, I was told that the Wainwrights had moved out. On Tuesday, first spawn brought Hilda Wainwright home from school. A quick check shows the Wainwrights sitting pretty in their old house.
I can confirm that. I had a headline announcing a certain couples marriage with one type of ceremony and few pop-ups later the same couple had their marriage announced again with a different type of ceremony. Lucky them. I'm not convinced that the newspaper is giving you real information as to what's actually happening.
Just to add to the confirmation queue. I have Story Progression turned off in two different scenarios and my hoods are being littered with spawn. Given that situation, I'm starting to get a bit edgy about how many character files are being created with the birthing of babbys, townies coming and going, a different maid showing up everyday and God only knows what else. I'm keeping an eye on the size of my saved games files. They're growing after each session with almost no purchases aside from books and food. Food gets eaten and books get resold so I'm assuming the growth is character files. However there's no way to tell. I have little faith that there's not massive redundancy happening.