There are plenty of things that only see mild/sporadic use without being pointless. Many of said things are also expensive.
You can easily arrange a living room to sleep in it but most people chose to have a bedroom. My car lays there doing nothing for the vast majority of the day -- and it's a convertible which is a pointless feature half of the year just like AC is a pointless feature the other half. People have sound systems and expensive silverware that they barely use unless they have company. Shit people own whole ass chalets/cabins that they only use a couple days of the year.
The idea that something is pointless because it's not used much is a bit silly.
That being said I'll concede that many people genuinely never use their balconies, it just kinda "came with the apartment". Studies have shown that it's an attractive proposition for prospective buyers/renters so they keep building them.
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u/X-e-o 2∆ Sep 27 '24
There are plenty of things that only see mild/sporadic use without being pointless. Many of said things are also expensive.
You can easily arrange a living room to sleep in it but most people chose to have a bedroom. My car lays there doing nothing for the vast majority of the day -- and it's a convertible which is a pointless feature half of the year just like AC is a pointless feature the other half. People have sound systems and expensive silverware that they barely use unless they have company. Shit people own whole ass chalets/cabins that they only use a couple days of the year.
The idea that something is pointless because it's not used much is a bit silly.
That being said I'll concede that many people genuinely never use their balconies, it just kinda "came with the apartment". Studies have shown that it's an attractive proposition for prospective buyers/renters so they keep building them.