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Is it safe to leave the front door unlocked at night in the US? (piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by SilentStriker@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I know that in certain countries like Japan or South Korea: it's normal to leave the front door unlocked since the probaility of someone breaking in is low since their crime rate isn't high. I knew a friend of mine who resides in Korea where they even left the car unlocked with the keys inside, can you do either of those things in America?

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[–] tko@tkohhh.social 10 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Two weeks is an exaggeration... it's roughly a 40 hour drive. I find 10 hour driving days to be quite reasonable, so 4 days.

But, your point is valid... big country, different places will have different danger levels. Within my own city, there are areas I would feel OK leaving the front door unlocked, and other areas where I absolutely would not.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, I did western Tennessee to northwest Washington in 2 days.

... I regretted it, but I did it.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Reminds me of a joke, A Texan and a Carolinian rancher meet in a bar. The Texan says "Yessir, it takes me two days to drive my pickup truck across my ranch." The Carolinian says "Yeah I had a truck like that, but I got it fixed."

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

The US is as big as Europe.
Consider how many cultures are living there.
It's quite comical to say "The US" implying they are one homogenous culture everywhere.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Two weeks is about how long I took when I made that trip, but I did some sightseeing on the way. Also even on the longest day I don’t think I drove for 10 hours in one day.