Veronaville

Veronaville is one of the three pre-made neighborhoods in The Sims 2 base game. The name of the town comes from Verona, the town of Romeo and Juliet. The town itself is based on a European setting, with a viaduct near the north end and a canal dividing the town into two architecturally different sections, the "English" side, featuring Tudor homes reminiscent of Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon, and the "Italian" side, featuring Mediterranean villa-style homes of Verona. This divide clearly suits the divide between the two main families, the Capps and the Montys (meant to represent the Capulets and the Montagues of Romeo and Juliet). The Capps live on the wealthier and more prominent "English" side, while the Montys live on the less prominent and more rural "Italian" side. The other family, the Summerdreams, are the neutral family, yet they live on the "English" area of town. Strangely, the Montys are the only family to live on the "Italian" side.

Even though there are just three pre-made families in Veronaville, the total population including Townies numbers 186 Sims. All of the Sims', streets', and houses' names are based on Shakespeare's plays. The Summerdreams, for example, are from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Oddly, almost all of the deceased parents of any pre-made Sim in Veronaville died young, in their adult years, unlike the Pleasantview and Strangetown Sims, most of which feature deceased elder Sims. Along with this are the parents of Contessa Capp, Hero, and Olivia Monty, who all may have been meant to live. The only exception to this rule are Contessa Capp (mother to Cordelia, Goneril, Regan, and Kent Capp) who died as an elder. Whether this is due to the family feud of the Capps and Montys or something else entirely remains unsolved. Perhaps the young deaths of Veronaville Sims tie in with the shorter life expectancy of Shakespeare's time.

Despite the feud between the Capps and the Montys, most of the youth seem to be friends or love interests.

Inhabited

 * 71 Bard Boulevard, owned by Summerdream
 * Capp Manor, owned by Capp
 * Monty Ranch, owned by Monty

Uninhabited

 * 267 Avon Avenue
 * 28 Bard Boulevard
 * 35 Bard Boulevard
 * 45 Bard Boulevard
 * 46 Bard Boulevard
 * 80 Bard Boulevard
 * 95 Bard Boulevard


 * 7 Chorus Court
 * 19 Chorus Court
 * 111 Stratford Street
 * 5 Pentameter Parkway
 * 30 Poet Place
 * 50 Poet Place
 * 20 Via Veronaville


 * 26 Via Veronaville
 * 40 Via Veronaville
 * 54 Via Veronaville
 * 84 Via Veronaville
 * Old Silo Farm

Community lots

 * 431 Globe Street
 * 5 Pentameter Parkway
 * Stratford Strip
 * Veronaville Market

Playable families

 * Capp family Capp Manor
 * §81,316
 * Consort Capp, Tybalt Capp, Hermia Capp, Juliette Capp
 * Juliette Capp has fallen for Romeo, golden child of the rival Monty clan. Can the Capps set aside their grudge and put Juliette's happiness first?


 * Monty family Monty Ranch
 * §76,425
 * Patrizio Monty, Isabella Monty, Mercutio Monty, Romeo Monty
 * Patrizio Monty never forgot Consort Capp's broken promise. But now his grandson Romeo has fallen for the Capp heiress. Will the Elders live to see the two families united?


 * Summerdream family 71 Bard Boulevard
 * §6,573
 * Oberon Summerdream, Titania Summerdream, Puck Summerdream, Bottom Summerdream
 * The Summerdreams' kindly nature and zest for life have cast a romantic spell over Veronaville's youth. But will there be any magic left for Puck?

Family bin families

 * Capp family
 * §20,000
 * Goneril Capp, Albany Capp, Miranda Capp, Hal Capp, Desdemona Capp, Ariel Capp
 * Goneril's husband Albany wanted a big family, and he got it. Will their offspring carry on the Capp traditions, or smash the establishment to smithereens?


 * Capp family
 * §20,000
 * Regan Capp, Cornwall Capp, Kent Capp
 * Regan and her husband Cornwall are preoccupied with their careers, but Bianca Monty's affections for Regan's brother Kent have the household on alert. Will Kent have the courage to break the vendetta?


 * Monty family
 * §19,870
 * Antonio Monty, Beatrice Monty, Benedick Monty
 * Recently widowed, Antonio must either give up his job at the family restaurant and use his savings to raise his twins Beatrice and Benedick, or hire help and keep the job he loves. What will be his role in the family feud that may have cost him his wife?


 * Monty family
 * §20,000
 * Bianca Monty
 * Bianca Monty is happy to be out on her own, but can she find someone to make a family with?

Townies

 * Trista Shaw
 * Curtis Ryan
 * Regina Tsvirkunov
 * Victor Lillard
 * April Hutchins
 * Edward Mellon
 * Carmen Patch
 * Patrick Vu
 * Demi Love
 * Gary Thompson


 * Carla McCullough
 * Adrian Lewis
 * Gretchen Stompel
 * Jonathan Ternynck
 * Pamela Landry
 * Nathen Custer
 * Caryl Zarubin
 * Kendra McCarthy
 * Jihoon LeTourneau
 * Chris Cho


 * Keith Cormier
 * Nancy Philippine
 * Ralph Enriquez
 * Mallory Mace
 * Amar Larrea
 * Carla McCullough
 * Orlando Butler
 * Katherine Gregory
 * Scot Philippine
 * Rebecka Chun

NPCs

 * Arianna Jalowitz (Maid)
 * Gina Seavey (Maid)
 * Steven Dallas (Maid)
 * Seth Bui (Repairman)
 * Blair Jayapalan (Repairman)
 * Ray Long (Repairman)
 * Renee Andrews (Exterminator)
 * Travis Collins (Exterminator)
 * Sinjin Smith (Exterminator)
 * Sierra Zhang (Burglar)
 * Grayson Ternynck (Burglar)
 * Colin Copur (Burglar)
 * Tamara Wren (Cashier)
 * Wendy Kimbrell (Cashier)
 * Remington Creelman (Cashier)
 * Emily Pons (Police Officer)
 * Elmer Bachman (Police Officer)
 * Paul Fairchild (Police Officer)
 * Dagmar Bertino (Driver)
 * Jordan Fleig (Driver)
 * Ralph Reamon (Driver)
 * Tara Danaher (Bartender)
 * Heath Turner (Bartender)
 * Cole Curtin (Bartender)


 * Renee Andrews (Delivery Person)
 * Ricky Garth (Delivery Person)
 * Nery Thompson (Delivery Person)
 * Steffi Trottier (Firefighter)
 * Connor McClellan (Firefighter)
 * Dorian Shankel (Firefighter)
 * Barbara Young (Gardener)
 * Meredith Lillard (Gardener)
 * Vince Centowski (Gardener)
 * Celeste Rossi (Mail Carrier)
 * Armando Turner (Mail Carrier)
 * Kennedy LeTourneau (Mail Carrier)
 * Serdar Curtin (Newspaper Delivery Boy)
 * Renee Andrews (Newspaper Delivery Girl)
 * Jess Shaikh (Newspaper Delivery Boy)
 * Justus Bruenig (Newspaper Delivery Boy)
 * Jane Jalowitz (Pizza Delivery Girl)
 * Brenda Sims (Pizza Delivery Girl)
 * Alec Todd (Pizza Delivery Boy)
 * Sharlene Walton (Nanny)
 * Heidi Ajjanagadde (Nanny)
 * Lisa Ying (Nanny)
 * Elmer Stompel (Headmaster)
 * Toby Bertino (Headmaster)
 * Johnson Lillard (Headmaster)

Trivia

 * The name and basic premise of Veronaville comes from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which takes place in Verona, Italy. Other names from this neighborhood derive from other of Shakespeare's plays. See Veronaville/Onomatology for more on this.
 * In The Sims 2: Seasons there is a decoration called "Veronaville Quilting Bee Finalist". This indicates that there is an annual quilting competition in the town.
 * In The Sims 3, Veronaville is mentioned on notification when a Sim has mastered logic skill. On the notification, it is mentioned that "Such brilliance and mental fortitude hasn't been witnessed since the Late Renaissance of Veronaville!..."
 * In The Sims 3, Good Sims can donate to a charity called "Veronaville Community Chest". Evil Sims can donate to undermine it.
 * The feud between the Capps and the Montys is similar to that between the the Wolffs and the Van Goulds in Moonlight Falls from The Sims 3: Supernatural.