Near me is University Village, a cluster of I think UCB-owned housing, 2-3 stories of apartments around courtyards and such. I biked up and down its quiet private streets today, and looked. Most if not all of the units have balconies, fairly sizable ones. Even at my low bike speeds, my ability to identify everything I saw was limited, but I'm fairly confident that a majority of the balconies had Stuff. Chairs, bicycles, plants, tables (with patio umbrella), sofas, unidentifiable junk, and clothes racks, in roughly that order. Sample image 1, sample image 2.
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