I’ve lived rurally in the countryside. I know people who live in farms. We all lock the doors at night. During the day probably less so much, but I don’t know anyone who leaves the doors unlocked at night. Just to clarify, I lived in a nice area with very little crime. But we still locked the doors. Because a crime can happen at any point, and to be honest rural means darkness and isolation and usually a delay in police presence whilst they travel there.
I’m not stupid, I know that if someone wants to commit a crime like robbery or burglary they will unlikely be stopped by a locked door and will probably smash a window. But there’s a chance the locked door will act as a deterrent.
So why would you not just lock it? Has anyone else noticed that it seems to be almost a boast on here if you leave the doors unlocked at night? Even if you have something against doing it for whatever reason, in the slim chance that it could help prevent a burglary or someone entering your house why would you not just do it? It takes 10 seconds to lock a door! Especially if you have children or pets, why would you not do absolutely everything you can do to keep them safe and lock the doors at night? Even if it’s just to stop them going on an adventure and ending up outside during the night, because we’ve all been kids once and we know how impulsive and daft they can be so it’s not unheard of! So why not do absolutely everything to protect them and everyone else inside?!
Does anyone else think there’s a trend on here that it’s boast worthy not to lock the doors at night?! Is it because it makes people feel better that they live in an area they deem nicer and less likely to have a crime?! Or is there a reason for it that I have no idea about?!