User blog comment:Knc1w2h3n4c5t/The Sims 4 is NOT Open World - Thoughts?/@comment-77.70.92.2-20140804165858/@comment-5248145-20140804182405

He didn't actually say it would be an open world, just that it would be a combination of The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 where you have the feeling of an open world like in The Sims 3 as well as the in depth feeling of the neighborhood like in The Sims 2. Just because you can see what your neighbor kicking their own trash can at their home does not mean that it is an open world. It will be an open "district" rather than an open world.