Comments on: Why you shouldn’t lock your doors and other hippy crap

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By: Nick Brown

Nick Brown — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:23:17 +0000

That has to be annoying as hell. I would karate-kick that door open every time I came home.

By: Nick Brown

Nick Brown — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:22:05 +0000

I came from an extremely sheltered area of all-white Midwestern suburbia. I don't think there is a place on earth as safe or boring (aren't they they same thing?) I'm talking movie cliche quality neighborhoods, white picket fences, kids playing in the street, dad mowing the lawn, mom cooking dinner. My friend's parents would rabidly lock the door at all hours of the day and night, which we never understood. At the time I didn't even lock my car in my driveway.

After moving to Phoenix I definitely lock my car doors, but I start to feel shut-in when I lock my apartment doors, especially during the day. So far the only real difference I can say it has made is that an elderly black woman tried to wander in to my apartment one day thinking it was her own.

By: Tegan

Tegan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:56:14 +0000

I always end up waking my parents with the metal chair, but sometimes I can fit my arm through when the door is open just a bit and pick up the chair so it doesn't clang. Fat burglers can't do that.

By: KeeganOrange

KeeganOrange — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:42:47 +0000

Sure, it's a deterent but it's a tradeup. You wouldn't care so much if a drunk was dancing on your porch, if you weren't trained to instantly fear him.

And how are you supposed to sneak back into the house without waking up the parents, after you get home late from a night of drinking and dancing on peoples porches? With a metal chair like that there?

By: ohsuplauren

ohsuplauren — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:38:34 +0000

My family and I have lived in our house for 23 years, and we RARELY lock the front door, and never lock the back door. I've always felt weird when I have locked it. Granted I do have dogs, and nothing worth stealing, but I guess we just figure if someone wants in bad enough our measley deadbolt isn't going to do shit to stop them.

And! Assuming most houses have WINDOWS… what is the point of a lock anyway?

By: Tegan

Tegan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:19:29 +0000

We keep our doors locked because most of the threats in my neighborhood are just illegals/meth dealers who aren't going to take the time to get into our house if its locked. We have had multiple instances where someone has jumped into our backyard through the wash behind our house, and one time we saw a drunk guy dancing on our front porch but we told him to go away.

We also put these metal chairs in front of the doors so if someone does break the lock and opens the doors it'll push over the metal chair to make it bang.

Umm, maybe you just live in a nicer neighborhood than I do....