Living Expenses

In Styx every member of society is granted enough Temple Vouchers each month to be able to afford a Poor Lifestyle however some members of society are hard-pressed for resources due to life circumstances and need to trade Vouchers normally alloted for lifestyle upkeep and nourishment for others things like healthcare or to pay off debts leading to a lower lifestyle.
Gangs are also prominent in Styx with extortion, robbery and protection rackets being a leading cause for poverty among people in Styx. In slums like the Skirts most people are unable to afford the normally guaranteed lifestyle due to this.

Wretched: You either have no access to Temple Vouchers or they are taken up by things unrelated to your lifestyle expenses.
You live in inhumane conditions. With no place to call home, you shelter wherever you can, sneaking into barns, huddling in old crates, and relying on the good graces of people better off than you.
A wretched lifestyle presents abundant dangers. Violence, disease, and hunger follow you wherever you go.
Only very few people in Stygian society are off this bad, most of those that are are marginalized people or non-citizens.

Squalid: You have too little Vouchers to pay for a normal standard of living, you've fallen on hard times or are being exploited.
You live in a leaky stable, a mud-floored hut just outside town, or a vermin-infested boarding house in the worst part of town. You likely live in one of the many slums of Styx in a ramshackle house or hut.
People with this kind of lifestyle tend to be marginalized, non-citizens or workers with little qualifications.

Poor: A poor lifestyle is the standard for the majority of people within the People's Republic of Styx.
Simple food and lodgings, threadbare clothing, and unpredictable Conditions result in a sufficient, though probably unpleasant, experience.
Your accommodations might be a room in a kommunalka (communal housing) in a run-down apartment complex or a poorly built house in one of the villages at the edge of Styx.
Most manual or generally qualified laborers have this lifestyle.

Modest: A modest lifestyle keeps you out of the slums and ensures that you can maintain your Equipment.
You likely live in an older part of town or a state of the art apartment complex, if you live the village life you inhabit an old farmhouse.
You don’t go hungry or thirsty, and your living conditions are clean, if simple.
Many working class families in Styx with two or more stable breadwinners have this quality of life.

Comfortable: A comfortable lifestyle means that you can afford nicer clothing and can easily maintain your equipment.
You live in a non-communal apartment or a small house in the villages.
Some above averagely qualified laborers like specialized workers, crafters and traders as well as functionaries of the Great Unions have this quality of lifestyle.
Wealthy: You have respectable lodgings and a high quality of life.
Most people in Styx with this lifestyle are high ranking members of the Great Unions like Chairwomen or their families.
You likely live in a stately house or apartment in the Old Town or Parliamentaria.