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re: Is your neighborhood safe enough to sleep with the doors unlocked?
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:33 am to WaydownSouth
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:33 am to WaydownSouth
Not in ATL, but my friend in Utah says he does. Wonder what the differences are to make that possible
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:33 am to WaydownSouth
Serious answer:
I always lock doors and windows. Always. Do I have to? Probably not but you never know. My wife's parents never locked a thing - cars, house doors, windows were always unlocked. They always thought I was crazy for making sure everything is locked before going to bed. Well, one day they returned home to find their UNLOCKED window was simply lifted up and they were robbed of all their expensive jewelry. Their house is more secure than Ft. Knox now.
You never know.
I always lock doors and windows. Always. Do I have to? Probably not but you never know. My wife's parents never locked a thing - cars, house doors, windows were always unlocked. They always thought I was crazy for making sure everything is locked before going to bed. Well, one day they returned home to find their UNLOCKED window was simply lifted up and they were robbed of all their expensive jewelry. Their house is more secure than Ft. Knox now.
You never know.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:35 am to WaydownSouth
Yes, feel very safe in my neighborhood and we usually have several people that are always keeping an eye on the happenings on our street.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:36 am to WaydownSouth
Mine is.
I've left the backdoor wide open when running errands, garage door open while sleeping, windows opened and unlocked numerous times in the fall.
If I didn't feel safe I wouldn't live here
I've left the backdoor wide open when running errands, garage door open while sleeping, windows opened and unlocked numerous times in the fall.
If I didn't feel safe I wouldn't live here
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:37 am to WaydownSouth
Do you start a thread for every random thought that pops in your head?
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:37 am to WaydownSouth
We have home security system I set every night. I’ve forgot to lock the doors before but set the system out of habit.
We sleep upstairs. If it goes off, I come out shooting. It doesn’t bother me.
We sleep upstairs. If it goes off, I come out shooting. It doesn’t bother me.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:38 am to WaydownSouth
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Woke up and forgot to lock both the front and back door. Slept easy knowing we live in a great area.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:40 am to WaydownSouth
Ours is absolutely safe enough, but I’ve watched enough true crime shows not to chance it.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:42 am to WaydownSouth
I don’t even know where the keys to my house are. I also forget to close the garage door a good bit. The only thing ever taken were some beers out of the fridge. Could have been neighbors, as they are always welcome to them, or some hood kids.
With that said, I don’t purposely leave things unlocked at night and we are heavily armed.
With that said, I don’t purposely leave things unlocked at night and we are heavily armed.
This post was edited on 11/13/20 at 8:44 am
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:44 am to WaydownSouth
Lol. Even the worst neighborhoods are largely safe enough for that. The odds of home invasion are incredibly low.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:44 am to WaydownSouth
Yes. Would I do that? No.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:45 am to fatboydave
I live in Arabi. Crime is low, but we are close to the city. I would say "no" to your question.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:46 am to WaydownSouth
I would think so, but I'd never do it. I've watched way too many ID shows and my paranoid self would never sleep. I lock the door when I let the dogs out. 
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:46 am to WaydownSouth
Probably. But I will always live under the "Better safe than sorry" philosophy.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:46 am to WaydownSouth
In Crystal Beach area of Destin? Sure, but I try not to. The wolfhound will let us know if someone is coming around
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:50 am to WaydownSouth
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Couldn’t do this in a place like New Orleans for example.
Rarely lock my back door, and have left my front door unlocked multiple times. Not every area of the city is like the East.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:50 am to SouthEndzoneTiger
I woke up and saw they were both unlocked.
I can* sleep easy knowing we don’t need to lock them.
What grade English do you teach, professor?
I can* sleep easy knowing we don’t need to lock them.
What grade English do you teach, professor?
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:51 am to WaydownSouth
I rarely lock doors at night. Aint nobody coming in here, and if they do want to that little door lock and frame aint stopping em.
My wife on the other hand, she locks em all.
I do make sure my garage is closed, that is an actual problem here. The little burglars go around checking door locks pretty regularly.
My wife on the other hand, she locks em all.
I do make sure my garage is closed, that is an actual problem here. The little burglars go around checking door locks pretty regularly.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:57 am to tigerfoot
I live uptown near the zoo. Sometimes I’ll get drunk and forget to lock the front door or gate leading into the side yard. Home invasions don’t worry me much where I live—haven’t heard of one in years.
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