On reflection, I have to qualify my comments. Of course I can only offer you my subjective experience. I'm perfectly willing to concede that my reading may have been quite wrong. On the positive side, I should point out that the sim is very beautiful - the light and colours can be so bright as to be positively Venetian. And as I mentioned in my first comment, Sedi, the host of the sim, is an angel. All I would suggest is that you make several visits before you commit yourself to joining. Give yourself time to see what you make of the residents. Maybe I was just unlucky with my timing. Although you won't be able to use any of the pose balls, etc, you can always just use your own sit command to perch on a sofa or whatever. chat with residents and get the feel of the place. Things didn't work out in my case, but, in retrospect, I realise that my earlier posts were probably too stark. Maybe I was just unlucky.