One of my mythbuster question.... We've watched Holywood movies/series when someone just simply open stranger's/neighbour's door. This too reflect the American Culture that is known by many of us. Do American feel safe from not locking their door?
Huh? I lock my door. It depends where you live. I live in a decent area, but I have a lot of expensive and dangerous stuff in my house--some of which does not belong to me--so I keep my doors locked. My parents live in a gated community where the last murder was in 1809 when a trapper shot an Indian; so sometimes they don't lock their doors. They don't need to.
I live in a decent area and I don't lock my door. I know I probably should but I just cant get in the routine of doing it. Besides, I have two very large german shepards and a firearm. So when I'm home I feel safe. I'm also pretty bad at locking the door when theirs no-one home but when my dogs bark they sound scary as hell to people. The last time the UPS guy came to my house he just beeped his horn, wouldn't even come in my yard, lol.
In a really small town maybe but in my vast experience of randomly trying to open doors in medium to large cities in the US I have to say it's not true outside rural areas. I don't really lock my door very often but I live in Canada, on an Island in a town of 90,000.
Why do all your topics have the word "America" in them. I mean, you could just say "People never lock their door". You'd effectively be covering a larger group of people and you wouldn't be giving me the idea that America only gives a crap about itself.
My mom never locks her door. That is the case with essentially with everyone in my old home town. I never understood it. I deadbolt my doors even if I am gone for 5 minutes. My roommates however seem to think its fine to keep doors unlocked. Sometimes even leaving the door open which really pisses me off.
I lock one door, but the front door stays unlocked pretty much 24/7. I also have a Chow Chow, very mean Collie / Shepherd Mix, and a Mastiff. So if you want to try to walk into my house, be my guest. You're not getting very far. :)
Yes, one could leave their doors unlocked, depending on where one lived here in the US. Unfortunately, things have changed and while there are still a few places where no one locks their doors, I would venture to say that nowadays, most do lock them.
Yes, one could leave their doors unlocked, depending on where one lived here in the US. Unfortunately, things have changed and while there are still a few places where no one locks their doors, I would venture to say that nowadays, most do lock them.
WhiteKnight77
Exactly what "things have changed"? The crime rate in the US is the lowest its been in a long time. The fear mongering by the media is the only thing that has changed. To put it lightly, if you really think a locked door is going to stop someone from getting in your house, then you are mistaken. If someone wants in your house, they will get in your house.
I have never, ever heard of that, in fact I constantly hear Americans lock their doors quite often, smart thing too, what with all the crime and all. And that would probably make for a pretty boring Mythbusters episode, I suppose they'd put out a poll, then count the results during the episode.. ehh :P
In small towns and other rural areas it's quite common for people to not lock their doors, at least in Eastern Ontario. I know several people living on farms who never lock their doors, and my family usually only locks the house when everyone leaves or is asleep. Now that I'm living in Ottawa though I've noticed that almost everyone always locks their doors, even when they're sitting in the room next to the door. It's a bit weird getting used to.
I always lock my door. However, when I was little and lived in The Philippines, we almost never did. We were in a farm community, and there wasn't much crime in our area, plus we knew and trusted everyone in town.
My family never locks the day by day when there are people inside... Always at night. I know families who lock their door in a very prominent neighbourhood when they're all inside and the daughter left for 5mins and is coming back O.o
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