Counterexample. We love our little balcony. We have some plants, a bench, and a hummingbird feeder. We take our coffee out there for 'cocktail hour' at 7, and sit, talk, watch the world go by a few floors down, and enjoy each other's company.
If you're not using your balcony, you really should.
There are a tonne of apartment balconies that are just afterthoughts by the developer though. I see plenty that are narrow to the point of being useless, or 30 floors up with no enclosed overhang which just generally feels kinda terrifying.
wait we had the same issue with our apartments balconies, had to call some guys to manually install barriers so me/the cat/people who leaned over too far wouldnt fall and die
Oh mate I love sleeping in hammock, it takes some technique but it's the best. I haven't done that in 20 years so I may need extra research to be able to stand up now.
Unfortunately I can't hang one where I live, the fence is not strong enough and I'm renting.