Alpha State
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Some call this the "goldilocks of the street levels," but to those that live here it's just home. There's a good mix of different construction here; some starbase construction modules moved up from below, a few pre-fab structures repurposed from planetary use, a few places that were once intended for middle-class people now repurposed into community areas, that sort of thing. In Free Zones like Shelby, this is also where the greatest amount of unregulated personal construction can be found; makeshift apartments fitted into alleyways, bridges built of ladders and sheet metal, and all manner of risky structures.
$c425,000 monthly by yourself | 1-Bedroom Rental | Half-bath, On-site Laundry
No security, Limited water, No parking
Spanning Gray Street, roughly 16 floors above the deck plates, someone built a bridge between two starscrapers. It's been reinforced multiple times since then, enough to be sturdy, and then someone went and plunked a load of prefab housing cubes on top of it. They're all thoroughly welded together, which either makes the whole thing stronger or guarantees that it's all gonna come down in a couple years. Either way, it's home enough for now.
Your little prefab isn't much, but it's home. It's not the most well insulated, but you're able to keep warm from the cold outside. No kitchen, but you're close to nearby restaurants. There's even most of a bathroom—an all-in-one toilet, sink, and shower unit that pulls out of the wall when you need it—tho you need to keep a shower curtain just so you don't spray your home down every time you try to get clean.
Once considered the height of luxury, the High-Streets are now a shadow of their former glory. Luxurious carpets are now faded and worn, beautiful murals chipped away and often covered in grime, ceiling glow-panels that give off a fraction of their old luminance, and there are rumors the floors used to be heated but they're not anymore. All that said though, it's a grand sight better than anything on the lower levels. It might be expensive but there's more space up here, and slightly fewer people to fill it up. Automated walkways actually function, there's respectable security if you can afford the service, better shops and restaurants, and generally just a higher quality of life.
$c880,300 monthly split with 1d6 others | 3-Bedroom Rental | 2-bath, Kitchen, Laundry
Limited security, Limited water, No parking
This place used to be home to a wealthy family who could afford to look down on the people of Mid-Streets and below. Now it's in a state of disrepair, but it's still pretty comfy living when you compare it with the people it looks down on. There's even a balcony, from which you can see the crowded streets below, traffic lights stretching off in every direction. You can almost reach out and shake hands with anyone scrolling by on the automated walkways near said balcony, which seems like a security risk, but your building comes with a security service rolled into your monthly rent.
You've got three bedrooms to split between you and your roommates, a full kitchen, laundry machines that work most of the time, and an entire living room. On the whole, this place is great! Would be nice if passersby on the auto-walkways couldn't see into your living room and bedrooms, but that's what curtains are for. Sure, most of the ceiling glow panels don't work, and the kitchen appliances are held together with glue and hope, but there's much worse places to live.