Are You A No Lock Person?
The Home section of The New York Times is doing a story about city people who refuse to lock the front doors to their homes or apartments and may have had problems because of it. If you have a story email jwadler@nytimes.com. We need not use your full name.
The Home section of The New York Times is doing a story about city people who refuse to lock the front doors to their homes or apartments and may have had problems because of it. If you have a story email jwadler@nytimes.com. We need not use your full name.
i KNOW cgar!!! i think i may have found myself a new career!!!! so yeah, people, keep on keeping your doors unlocked! this is a safe city!!! one of the safest big cities in america!
*rob*
“i also find it funny that cgar is saying he doesnt lock his doors but is the first one to lock up and put on all the security alarms in the OT at night, and then repeatedly come back and check on it lol”
And a lot of good THAT does, *rob*!! Every time you manage to circumvent security with some new means of entry!!
I think a lot of it depend on the design of the house. A brownstone with 15 steps and a stoop at the top (tey, the Dutch word “steup” refers to the flat portion that typically also had a bench) is really a deterrent to someone going up and in. My Philly house, a Federal, has the door right on the sidewalk, no front yard and I’d never leave that open.
Crime is higher in Philly too.
ENY, are you coming to The Bell House tomorrow night?
“Oh yeah? So how come the Maple Leafs haven’t won the Stanly Cup since 1967, huh? LOSERS!”
ENY, the Leafs are definitely losers as our their fans, of which unfortunately I am one. Management knows that the games will always sell out because people will support the Leafs regardless of how badly they play. Unlike Montreal fans, who will actually not show up to watch a shitty team. That’s why the Montreal Canadians have been so much more successful over the last 4 decades.
Oh well, we can always feel better by considering how many people live in Chicago and the last time the Cubs won the World Series.
🙂
“I grew up in the south, and in the 50s we locked the front door but left the back door open for deliveries!”
Now that’s just stupid. But then again, it’s likely enough of a mystery to confuse the average Southerner.
“With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America… Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)…the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 5,555,912 in the 2006 Census.”
Oh yeah? So how come the Maple Leafs haven’t won the Stanly Cup since 1967, huh? LOSERS!
i am not paranoid or afraid of the world. it’s just common sense to lock your doors if you arent home. when youre inside, fine, whatever, notice how most of the people who dont lock their doors in this thread are all men? chances are you guys arent going to be attacked by a crazed rapist or something of that nature. yeah, the chances are super slim, but still. i also find it funny that cgar is saying he doesnt lock his doors but is the first one to lock up and put on all the security alarms in the OT at night, and then repeatedly come back and check on it lol
*rob*
I grew up in the south, and in the 50s we locked the front door but left the back door open for deliveries! Not anymore. My old hometown is plagued by home invasions, drive-by shootings, and other acts of random violence. (And is where New Yorkers go to buy guns easily.) I lock my outer door all the time, except when the plumber is expected. But him I have known for well over a decade and I think if he were a thief/rapist we would have found out by now. And every person in my coop has a master key that unlocks my apt. door.