blitzarnio513 (corrigez-moi svp)

[dawn summit]

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[regal roost]

"On" is often used as replacement for "nous", but here it translates to a passive form.
If " il" was used instead, the sentence would actually mean "he is so nice on the bay". " il" only references to a masculine noun or a man.
Hope that answered your question.

[plucky scaffold]

I was thinking "il" because you can say things like "il fait beau", "il fait mauvais" etc. I know that "on" is typically used as another form of "nous", but was hoping to get more info about it in this context - I'm still not clear on it, unfortunately

[upbeat oyster]

On est bien ≈ we're comfortable, the situation is agreeable and pleasant for us

It's not a word-for-word translation, just interpreting the meaning

[plucky scaffold]

Ok, I can get behind that, thanks. Would you also be able to use the same turn of phrase when referring to just one person, or would that then be worded differently?

[chilly scaffold]

If you're referring to one person or a group of people in particular, you would use il/elle/ils/elles.

'On' is used in two cases. You've likely seen something similar with 'you' in English:
You/one should eat when you're/one is hungry.

On devrait manger quand on a faim.

The other case is, as Alby said, to replace 'we' in casual speech.

We're hungry.
On a faim.

[upbeat oyster]

The idea here imo is more "we as people" (this is more or less the "base" use of on - though it could also be used for a defined group)