Will those buildings also have different versions depending on how well supplied the city is? This way you wouldn´t only read that this city is poor but see it on the first glimpse.
"I am a Paladin!"
>OMG, Malthus, there are no damn paladins in Battle Brothers...<
"OK, OK! Then I´m a wrecked down minstrel drunkard pretending to be a paladin, singing so wrong in the midst of battle that even the undead run in fear... Better?!"