The cheapest of the lots is §1200, and the most expensive is §14,700. There are 22 empty residential lots for players to get started on, or they can choose any of the pre-made families. Despite the small town style, there is a lot of diversity in the townscape, with farms, poor and wealthy subdivisions, and forested terrain. The architectural style is primarily small rustic town, with a few industrial-style lots in the industrial area that contains the military base, hospital, and abandoned warehouse.
The landscape is primarily flat, with one notable hill upon which stands Remington's Ruse, the Remington family home. On one of the shores of the river, there is an industrial area featuring several rabbit holes. The street name where Constance Shelley and Meadow Carpenter-Rhodes live suggests that the island name is Long Island. The center of town is built up on an island in the middle of the Simomon. There are 95 lots altogether, three fewer than in Sunset Valley. It's dotted with farms, beautiful pastures, and nestled by a winding river, known, according the world's flavor text, as the Simomon. Like Sunset Valley, Riverview is very large compared to previous games, although it is a small town with an idyllic countryside setting.
