Despite our hellish move, the view is pretty fucking nice.

yes!

there are advantages

That is lovely!

Not sure about your latitude, but at night you'll have a really good view of Canopus, and maybe, just maybe, if you can get a clear horizon (like over the water), in the middle of 'winter' you might even see the Southern Cross.

Not sure about those but there is currently a frog on the door that is preventing me from having this cigarette. I only smoke like three a day, ya judgmental amphibian!

You've got a screened patio like that and you're not gonna stargaze??

You can't really see many stars from the lanai, only from the front yard.

Speckled Pie : Because of the screening?

I'm thinking it's that big ass palm tree right there. That's gotta be part of it.

It's not gonna help, agreed.

And there's light pollution that way. Not so much from the other way.

Awww, drat.