This game uses Numbeo city rankings for rent index.

• The index compares city rent levels against New York City, which Numbeo anchors at 100.
• It is about asking price levels, not whether wages, rights, or housing quality keep up.
• A lower index can still hide scarcity and a higher index can still be normalized by people who had no real alternative.

Rent is the part of city prestige that arrives as a monthly invoice.