pennilessness

noun

1. (uncountable)The state or quality of being penniless.
2. (uncountable)The state or quality of being penniless.

   “I was thinking earlier that to know this city you must first become penniless, because pennilessness (real pennilessness, I mean not having $2 for the subway) forces you to walk everywhere and you see the city best on foot.”