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Because its advertisement. It looks good in renderings and is a differentiator for why you should move into this expensive luxury apartment vs a normal one. Whe
by asdff 2y ago
Because its advertisement. It looks good in renderings and is a differentiator for why you should move into this expensive luxury apartment vs a normal one. When you look at the apartments with these people are covering the windows with blinds. Look at this streetview image of this relatively new apartment with floor to cieling windows (I picked the side with the most floor to cieling windows; 1). Hardly any furniture on the balconies, one person is using it for bike storage alone. Everyone has their blinds up. Clearly no one values natural light or even their balcony space very much.
And it makes sense when you consider the pattern of American life: go to work in the morning at the crack of dawn, come back home when the sun is setting. Now its nighttime and you are inside with the lights on, you need blinds over that window unless you want to give your neighbors a show.
1. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0610614,-118.2858175,3a,87.2y,261.47h,94.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-BXgcyL-Yh1pW61HXhlM-Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0610614,-118.2858175,3a,87.2...
- dangus 2y agoI think it's a big jump to conclusions to assume this much out the behaviors of such a large group. These behaviors don't describe how I live with my floor to ceiling windows at all. My shades close in the morning to block the low sun, and they open during the day and night unless I have some other reason to close them. It would be difficult or a distant view for someone from the street or a neighbor to see in, and even if people look in, my street-facing windows aren't in any bedrooms or private areas.