I missed everything - from the coffeemaker to the bowling alley. I even missed Komei Tellerman and Goopy GilsCarbo! They suddenly appeared appealing and attractive to me, compared to these fugly faces! Missed? Yes - I don't miss it anymore - I play TS2 again, never stopped.
Fortunately, I got the pirated version of TS3 - wanted to test it out, to see what's the big deal. So at least I had the sense not to run out and buy the thing.

While I see the point Gus is making - it takes time and money - I can't think of a reason I would now even consider playing this game when there's perfectly good game on my hard drive already installed, over which I have total control and which satisfies me greatly with both its original and custom contents. And a corporation like EA has money and resources, they are just not giving it for this. They want to suck out some more money, as someone else said here, for the same stuff. FUCK THAT!

So I guess I'll CONSIDER buying it after a couple of years, when all the stuff is back in again, and ONLY if the community comes up with the way to mod it similarly as TS2. 

The only thing better in TS3 are the loading times. Actually, TS3 tought me to appreciate TS2 better. And for that I thank EAxis. Not even the loading times of TS2 bug me now - at the end of that rainbow awaits my hood, replete with gameplay I enjoy and control.