User blog comment:Sims3Fan33333/Kaylynn Langerak in my custom neighboor?!/@comment-1997588-20130825135909

For a future reference, if you want to create another custom neighborhood without premade townies and NPCs, go to your installation directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\UserData\Neighborhoods, and rename the folder N001 to N001~bak. Don't worry, it won't break anything. When you create a custom neighborhood, the game will not attempt to add Pleasantview NPCs and townies now. You don't have to rename the folder back, unless you want to. I keep mine that way all the time.