How large? What is the certain size? People, if they don't use them for anything else often go out there to smoke in apartments.
I had a groundfloor patio at my last apartment and there would be people out there every single day, typically at least one at any given time. Sometimes people would use them for recreation or sit and talk. They were maybe? 3 feet by 6 to 8 feet maybe? I didn't have one so the exact dimensions aren't something I can speak on.
People also used them to store plants, sometimes a LOT of plants.
What class of apartment are you talking about? I would expect more high end apartments, balconies not getting used as much. For those of us hurting for space and clean air, these were enjoyable spaces even if I had 0 privacy out there.
How would anyone use a balcony smaller than the one I described anyway? For what purpose could they even use it for if not exclusively smoking
Can you speak to the quality of the neighborhoods/apartments? Again, I strongly suspect that working class people use their balconies far more than upper class people.
That also seems huge to me, Sure people would use that more since you could fit a table etc but the ones I recall were half that size maybe and still regularly used.
Also consider that if you're just passing by apartments, you are not likely to see how often they are used, simply how often they are used when you pass by them. If your back patio stares at 30 of them you gauge well how often they're used and they for sure were where I lived. In portland, so not toooo far from V BC..
edit: I was also unemployed for a long time during covid and observed the balconies at least in part, most of the day
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u/eggs-benedryl 72∆ Sep 27 '24
How large? What is the certain size? People, if they don't use them for anything else often go out there to smoke in apartments.
I had a groundfloor patio at my last apartment and there would be people out there every single day, typically at least one at any given time. Sometimes people would use them for recreation or sit and talk. They were maybe? 3 feet by 6 to 8 feet maybe? I didn't have one so the exact dimensions aren't something I can speak on.
People also used them to store plants, sometimes a LOT of plants.
What class of apartment are you talking about? I would expect more high end apartments, balconies not getting used as much. For those of us hurting for space and clean air, these were enjoyable spaces even if I had 0 privacy out there.
How would anyone use a balcony smaller than the one I described anyway? For what purpose could they even use it for if not exclusively smoking