Sure. Right now, we're coming towards the top of a sunspot cycle that results in SFI levels not seen in 20 years. Let me know how you were doing in 2019. There's obviously a seasonal overlay here.
I wasn't an op in 2019 -- got my certification in 2022. That said, I used to receive FT8 with my RTL-SDR and have a few screenshots. Here's a map of my received signals on 40m, overnight in May 2020, with a random-wire antenna: https://i.imgur.com/flfyIZx.png At that time I lived in an even more densely-populated area (a condo complex with over 100 units, on a main street, surrounded by other similarly-large condo complexes).
Oh man, I haven't been paying attention to the sunspot cycle. I got my license at a low and committed to being depressed about it forever, but ... time fixes everything I guess!
its still doable in 2019... just not as plentiful ;) I was still able to get DXCC during the lows in a Silicon Valley downtown tiny lot (however, this isn't an apartment in a major city)