I know that in certain countries like Japan or South Korea: it’s normal to leave the front door unlocked since the probaility of someone breaking in is low since their crime rate isn’t high. I knew a friend of mine who resides in Korea where they even left the car unlocked with the keys inside, can you do either of those things in America?
Where I live front door locked, back door unlocked.
I live in Suburban North Carolina, I haven’t locked my house in years.
cctv is not as much of a thing in the us. Largely dependent on bussinesses and not much so far with public cameras. Few places are going to have rates that low but they exist and ones with higher rates still have people that by and large keep the door unlocked. Its mostly a perceived thing really though. Im not sure I would call it safe just because its uncommon. I always thought it was foolish to not utilze something like it but I do tend to use the bolt as its easier to not lock myself out because I have to use a key to lock the door.
My bf sometimes leaves a door unlocked or doesn’t shut it all the way. I’ll get up in the morning, realize it’s cold downstairs, and go down to find the door standing wide open. So far we haven’t been murdered, so…
the US is a gigantic country, so there are different practices in different places. I have never left my door unlocked, but maybe others have.
It’s not that big mate
It’s the 4th biggest country, it’s pretty big
It is nearly as big as Texas….so quite big.
ERM
Texas is larger than Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), but smaller than all other Australian states.
If Texas were a state in Australia, it would rank as the sixth. Behind New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, and South Australia.
Erm… Not that big
ACT isn’t a state
I don’t believe that was claimed?
Northern territory also
Alaska has entered the chat
Antarctica becons
Australia isn’t on the same continent as Antarctica. But New Zealand is.
Maps without nz
That jokes gone over your head.
First, the USA is a giant country. It takes about four hours to drive from New York to Philadelphia and two weeks to drive from New York to Los Angeles.
Second, crime can vary wildly in the same city.
It so does not take four hours to drive from NY to Philly.
Are you driving a horse?
Dunno why they picked those two cities anyway. Plus traffic is a huge factor. Tampa and Orlando are only about an hour apart, and that drive can take 3 or 4 hours on a bad day.
I believe Trumptopia is about the same size physically as Australia.
Same thing.
Big city. Lock.
Small town. Maybe lock.
Rural area. Never lock.
The US is significantly larger than Australia and has ten times the population.
It’s not significantly larger. Lots of people though.
20% larger is significant.
Is it though?
Significantly?
Hhmmmm
Yes?
I believe Trumptopia is about the same size physically as Australia.
You know, you could get a ‘search engine’ like AskJeeves or Bing and then you’d know for sure.
USA 9.83 square km
Aus 7.69 square km.
wow both under 10 square km, I have been navigating way wrong my whole life apparently.
Pretty close then. Interesting. Thanks for the stats.
You say that, but you can fit a Saudi Arabia in there.
We’re kind of getting away from the point that how long it takes to drive somewhere has zero to do with whether you lock your door.
Kind of? Its a discussion about the size of the United States, and how it is impossible to speak for the entirety. I won’t give you a play by play on the posts you just read, but it is all relevant to the discussion at hand.
oh I might disagree believe leaving doors unlocked is more common when the nearest neighbor is a mile and a half away but maybe I’m wrong
the drive time was to illustrate scale.
While it doesn’t matter how big a whale is vs a microbe, you can’t put a whale under a normal microscope, thus the distinction is relevant.
Yeah nah cunt. You don’t include Alaska in that as it’s pulling a lot of weight.
Contiguous US is 8.08. Still slightly larger than Australia but only byy a dick hair.
This is the most Australian argument I’ve read, I even read it in my best Australian accent.
Some of my inspiration for my internal Australian accent include:
“Fosters, Australian for beer!”
“That’s not a knife, THIS is knife!”
“I’m dry as a dead dingo’s donger”
Fun fact: if by some miracle you find Fosters anywhere Australia, if you actually buy it and drink it, you get instantly deported to Manus Island because you’re clearly not from around here. Or worse, a pome.
Good to know! I’ve never bought it in any capacity, I am sure I’ve heard that sentiment about the ‘beer’ way back in it’s heyday, as well. I’m just in it for the accent.
Being leisurely sure. But RI to CA can be done in a weekend if you’re in a hurry
Two weeks is an exaggeration… it’s roughly a 40 hour drive. I find 10 hour driving days to be quite reasonable, so 4 days.
But, your point is valid… big country, different places will have different danger levels. Within my own city, there are areas I would feel OK leaving the front door unlocked, and other areas where I absolutely would not.
Reminds me of a joke, A Texan and a Carolinian rancher meet in a bar. The Texan says “Yessir, it takes me two days to drive my pickup truck across my ranch.” The Carolinian says “Yeah I had a truck like that, but I got it fixed.”
Two weeks is about how long I took when I made that trip, but I did some sightseeing on the way. Also even on the longest day I don’t think I drove for 10 hours in one day.
Yeah, I did western Tennessee to northwest Washington in 2 days.
… I regretted it, but I did it.
The US is as big as Europe.
Consider how many cultures are living there.
It’s quite comical to say “The US” implying they are one homogenous culture everywhere.
It’s safer to lock, how much safer varies. Why do you ask?
Depends on location. I wouldn’t leave my doors or windows unlocked in any major US city with a population of 100k or more. I live in NY but about three hours north of NYC in a small village of 2500. I never lock my doors and have no fears whatsoever.
I personally have never lived somewhere where I don’t lock the doors, even if I’m home. It just makes me feel safer.
Conversely, my dad, who lives about 15 minutes from me, has never locked the front door of the house in the 45 years I’ve been alive. When he goes away somewhere, he leaves the garage door unlocked so neighbors can borrow tools and the kids in the neighborhood can grab a ball if they need one. Nothing has ever gone missing.
Yeah, I lock my door at night, but i don’t think I have to. I’ll usually leave my house unlocked and unattended if we take a neighborhood walk, or even go to the park for a couple hours. The only person who has ever ever “broken in” to this house in almost 50 years is a family member with an addiction looking for something to pawn, and even that was only once. Never a stranger. I live in a city, not rural at all.
That really depends on where. My mother grew up in Montana and they never locked their doors. Whereas my ass in NJ has never not locked the doors.
Growing up on a small town in Iowa, I would leave my car unlocked and windows down during the day. I lived rural and we never locked our door. Now there’s been more development near my mother’s house and she locks the door at night and when she’s not home. Someone down the street about a mile away had someone break into their house. Unfortunately for the perp, the home owner heard, grabbed a golf club and gave the dude a shiner and a titlists face tattoo.
Now I live in a larger metro area and keep my doors locked all day. I truly wouldn’t need to because we have a pretty safe community, but my wife grew up in a worse place so it’s more habit than anything. We also have dogs they could potentially pop a door open and get out, so extra piece of mind.
I’m more worried about my door blowing open and my pets getting out. Locking the door takes like 1 second and I do it out of habit. Whether it’s safe or not to not leave it unlocked isn’t even a thought that enters my mind. Everyone that needs to be inside is inside. If someone else comes they can knock. Why would I leave it unlocked? Like, for real, it’s one second of effort.
It isn’t safe to leave your doors unlocked anywhere in the world. It’s not just a crime thing you wanna block the entrances to your house to keep animals out, To stop it from drifting open during weather event that can damage your house, To seal the house to keep vermin and pestilence out.
Being safe is such a broad term.
Idk what kind of animals or weather you are dealing with that know how to open doors.
Wouldn’t advise leaving things unlocked overnight in general, but it’ll depend where in the US. Here out in the exurbs I have neighbors who haven’t locked their houses or cars in years, but I just personally wouldn’t fall asleep without locking my doors. Maybe it’s the true crime podcasts getting to me.
As I move into bigger and bigger cities the people around me insist the answer is no, but I regularly leave the doors unlocked. I also have no issue hitchhiking either so, maybe i’m a bit of an outlier. I’ve got infinite levels of trust in people.
