You could say that, in reality, I am a bit of a cliché - I'm a mostly vegan, queer woman who lives in Brooklyn, rescues street cats, and has a septum piercing. Why, you ask? So I can shack up at his super cool upcycled house, quit the criminal life, tend to my plants, and start moving that Evergreen Harbor meter to green, of course. It takes several agonizing days of aggressively wooing Knox Greenburg (the crunchy granola Sim new to this expansion pack) to get him to agree to elope with me. And those plants that need tending to? If I buy and scrounge up a quick veggie burger to assuage my hunger, I'll feel bad that I didn't cook from my own harvest.
Speaking of that, coming home from a shift often leaves me with lingering embarrassment that I've shunned my freegan lifestyle in order to suck the corporate teat (although I'm a criminal, so at least that's cool). I buy some outdoor planters to grow my own fruits and vegetables but the plants die if I don't tend to them, which I can't always do because I have to work to make money. The solar panel gets dirty and soaks up less sun, or breaks altogether, robbing me of the TV - the one vice I allow Sim Alyssa in an attempt to boost her fun meter quickly. My dew collector that provides water for my shower and sink frequently breaks, and my rather small water stores are depleted quickly. I have to shell out what little money I have to buy a few things to create energy and collect water, so I can live as off-the-grid as possible. The repurposed shipping containers I live in are a bare-bones living arrangement - an old coal barbeque on the deck serves as my kitchen, candles provide lights.
If you choose the green route, be prepared to commit, as the green living ain't easy. Sure, your Sims will be coughing all over each other and there's an increased chance of fire and roaches, but you won't be as piss poor as Sims Alyssa. Like in the real world, there's one major benefit to choosing the industrial route over the green one - you can make more money. There's a lot to do in Evergreen Harbor, especially in Port Promise, which is the least green of all three neighborhoods.
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