I'm in the market for a new neighborhood. I just downloaded Jericho from MTS, but it's so big that it lags a little. I don't want something tiny but I don't need anything quite as big either.

I really love how Jericho made use of different effects like fireflies and cloudiness and it's so incredible detailed.
I also really loved the Pleasant Valley edit from Fuzzy Logic Dishwasher but I wish it had more of those tiny details that Jericho had.

anyhoo, anyone have any recommendations? What are some of your favorite custom hoods?

I like Queenstown:
http://awesims.sixty-ten.net/2011/04/22 ... ueenstown/

There is a Pets version if you had Pets, it adds a little district to the north that's kind of Western-rural styled.

Thank you so much. I just downloaded it and I'm gonna try it out. I had actually had the red cliffs before. It was beautiful but the lots in the downtown area were too close together. It made playing more difficult and it lagged too.
My pc is just fine when it comes to the game it just can't handle such big neighborhoods.
also simfans.de just released a new neighborhood called Greenfield. I'm gonna check that one out too.