No matter how normal it might be (or might have been 30 and 40 years ago), it is foolish to leave valuable property unsecured. If you leave a car unlocked with the keys in it out on the street or a driveway, then you are willingly risking the loss of the vehicle.
>>No matter how normal it might be (or might have been 30 and 40 years ago), it is foolish to leave valuable property unsecured. If you leave a car unlocked with the keys in it out on the street or a driveway, then you are willingly risking the loss of the vehicle.<<
I understand your concern. I live in a megalopolis as well.
However, there is a different paradigm in many parts of the country. And even living in the city all my adult life (since 1975), I don’t lock my door.
There really ARE places where most people leave their keys in the car even parked on public streets and it works just fine. Seriously.
We always leave the keys in our car, I don’t think they have ever been out of it. And if you were to offer me $1000 I couldn’t come up with my house keys. It might be 70 miles to a grocery store but I think it is a fair trade.