Nobody in this town. Most people we know don't even know where their front door key is. Most of us leave the keys in our cars too.
And what town would that be? Asking for a friend who just got out of prison.
We have forgetfully left our keys in the door lock all night long several times. We always lock the storm door with a hasp lock, but still don’t realize we’ve left the key in the main door. We’re not worried, though; our bedroom fronts right next to the house door, and we sleep with two ferocious mini dachshund guard dogs who bark at every adventitious sound they hear. It would take an extremely silent intruder to get past them!
“but who doesn’t lock their doors?”
‘Nobody in this town. Most people we know don’t even know where their front door key is. Most of us leave the keys in our cars too.’
I grew up in a medium size town in the SW and everyone had guns and basically no one locked their front/back doors. Our key was under a flower pot on the little front porch. Our dog guarded the backyard and door.
My wife grew up in the midwest with similar guidance re locking their doors. They kept their door key in the black mailbox by the door. One of my wife’s uncles was a mailman and used the key for certain reasons if no one was home.
If a bad person was in the area, the local radio station, tv stations and phone operator let people know. My wife’s grandmother was the daytime phone operator M-F.
I could never figure out why both families would lock their door and then put the key in an obvious place.
Then, the ramp to/from our current home went up to a rear entrance door from our open carporrt. We never locked that door for 15+ years.
But who doesn’t lock their doors?
Nobody in this town. Most people we know don’t even know where their front door key is. Most of us leave the keys in our cars too.
Yesterday was my monthly bridge playing day with fellow 80+ year olds.
We discussed this issue, and basically my wife and I are the only ones locking most of our doors when we leave and at night.
The Host Couple misplaced their front door key a couple of years ago. So, they don’t lock it except at night from inside.
Their back door is by a pool and that key is supposedly hidden in the pool area. Of course every friend of their now adult children knew/knows where they keep/kept the key.
Another bridge player is a widower and his daughter and son in law converted their garage into an apartment for him.
The door to his place, is in the back yard with a big dog. There is no key.
The other guy is a retired PO and vet living in a neighborhood of retired POs and vets. When they travel, they let the main home watcher have the key. No one locks their doors in that neighborhood.