The city has been experiencing a period of financial/economic 'hardship'.
They had to endure the 'hardships' of life on the frontier.
He had suffered through considerable/great 'hardship'.
(..) except money. Never mind about that! What I want to know is-- You may keep your sanctity, Scarlett. It'll work no hardship on me. Do you mean to say you don't care? The world is full of many things and many people, and I shan't be lonely. I'll find comfort elsewhere. (..)1939 Gone with the Wind