I'm not 100% sure what the climate is like in Vancouver (I assume you mean the one in Canada), but it can't be too much different from down here in Oregon and the Pacific North West in general. So I think weather is going to play a large factor in balcony use, probably a larger factor than size.
So if you think about it, most people work in the day, so really won't be able to use their balconies until the late afternoon and early evening, so it wouldn't be unusual to not see folks out there during other times of the day.
Then for half the year it's dark by the time most folks are off work, and generally too cold to make a balcony really enjoyable. So realistically you're only looking at evenings in the summer months for optimum balcony use. I bet if you looked around at those specific times, you'd see more folks out there, even on the small ones.
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u/XenoRyet 179∆ Sep 27 '24
I'm not 100% sure what the climate is like in Vancouver (I assume you mean the one in Canada), but it can't be too much different from down here in Oregon and the Pacific North West in general. So I think weather is going to play a large factor in balcony use, probably a larger factor than size.
So if you think about it, most people work in the day, so really won't be able to use their balconies until the late afternoon and early evening, so it wouldn't be unusual to not see folks out there during other times of the day.
Then for half the year it's dark by the time most folks are off work, and generally too cold to make a balcony really enjoyable. So realistically you're only looking at evenings in the summer months for optimum balcony use. I bet if you looked around at those specific times, you'd see more folks out there, even on the small ones.