One thing most life sims lack are zoos.
what if we got a dlc that is basically a zoo vacation world?
the whole city would basically be a zoo that has a petting zoo, several zoo animal areas, dolphinarium, and a drive through safari. Hey, maybe even a large aquarium, aviary, and reptile centre.
zois would get around on the zoo train that could take them to different areas of the zoo (instead of buses), or they could rent one of the zoo mobiles (a zoo themed golf cart).
zois could watch animals, admire, take pictures or taunt, throw rocks, ect (the negative interactions might get the zoi kicked out).
the animals will behave similarly to city animals and will just pariodically move around in their cage through the day. zois would be able to feed certain animals, and feed/pet the animals at the petting zoo.
zois could stay in the luxury zoo resort for multi day trips, or live in one of the staff cabins.
a new career would be zoologist, and will have career branches like managment, vetrinarian or animal caretaker. each area will have a different caretaker specialty. the caretaker’s job would be to feed the animals, socialize, and clean the cages, while a vet would be responsible for treating sick animals. the managment will just oversee logistics and day to day operations
bonus points/alternative scenario
each zoo area/animal exhibit will be locked away except a very basic starting area. our zoi would have to run the zoo while taking care of he animals and ensuring guests are happy. once we earn enough funds, we’ll be able to purchase the next zoo area and then purchase the “lots” (cages) in the area, and purchase the animals that will live in those cages (maybe even cage upgrades?). basically a zoo managment that will fit within the realm of a life sim. for an extra challenge, zoo animals could only be bought with “prestige coins” that have a chance to drop when a fully happy animal is interacted with.
a zoo world will introduce a new vacation destination where we could vacation with the whole family and allow for a much deeper story telling