Probably because they let it go on for so many years until it’s overwhelming. Done consistently according to the law would have keep us in good shape.
Some wrote that; “it was a very stifling, limiting culture”. Don’t think people would have thought that at the time and the current women’s libbers would have blown their minds.
Doors left unlocked over night for the milkman delivery and kids free to roam all day with out fear of molesters, the good things are endless.
Consider the things people fear and worry about now-days!
Stifling & limiting?
I did not consider Pompano, Fort Lauderale, Miami to be “stifling!”
Doors at home unlocked - Right
Cars parked unlocked most times too
I could carry my carbine in the trunk of my convertible and park it in the HS lot
No illegal aliens were working off the books to take our after school and Saturday jobs
Crime was virtually non-existent and you could walk or drive anywhere safely