You’re the only person I know besides us that spends a lot of time on a balcony/ deck/ porch, as in nearly every single day.
Do you have any neighbors in the adjoining building who do the same, and you guys toast one another or something, or do they all hide in the A/C, peeping through the curtains?
We are continually amazed how rarely we see people sitting outside, chatting. This was true in Point Richmond as well. (This isn’t including grilling and gardening and fire-pitting. Just relaxing at the end of the day.)