  We introduce a $\mathbb{Z}$--coefficient version of Guth's macroscopic
stability inequality for almost-minimizing hypersurfaces. In manifolds with a
lower bound on macroscopic scalar curvature, we use the inequality to prove a
lower bound on areas of hypersurfaces in terms of the Gromov simplicial norm of
their homology classes. We give examples to show that a very positive lower
bound on macroscopic scalar curvature does not necessarily imply an upper bound
on the areas of minimizing hypersurfaces.
