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The States: Maybe A National Divorce Is A Good Idea After All

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So, this trash has just been arrested for a bunch of carjackings and car theft in my area

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesot...nka-carjacking-charged-in-9-additional-crimes

but what I’m really just dumbfounded over is how many of these idiots admit leaving their keys in the car! Jesus people come on. Two things are automatic for me that I never waver k - seat belt and keys. Doesn’t matter what I am coming home with- you take your keys and you lock the car. I get that many people have keyless start these days but yikes on bikes, these people are stupid. I bet car insurance won’t cover the loss when your dumbass leaves the keys inside
 
Locked doors only keep out those who aren’t intent upon doing you wrong.



…my wife triple locks our doors.
 
St. Clown said:
Locked doors only keep out those who aren’t intent upon doing you wrong.



…my wife triple locks our doors.
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This is where I’m at - are there really that many burglars of opportunity roaming the streets just waiting to find an unlocked door? I feel like most people who are okay with the entering part wouldn’t really think twice about the breaking part, and locks do nothing about that.

My wife (night owl) will wake me (lark) from a deep sleep to go check the door locks before she goes to bed.
 
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I never lock the house until bedtime, but my wife will swoop in if I'm not looking.
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This is how I grew up. My wife has converted me I guess, I lock the door without really thinking about it now. I am still irritated when I run to the garage for two minutes and the door is already locked when I get back, though.
 
LynahFan said:
This is where I’m at - are there really that many burglars of opportunity roaming the streets just waiting to find an unlocked door? I feel like most people who are okay with the entering part wouldn’t really think twice about the breaking part, and locks do nothing about that.

My wife (night owl) will wake me (lark) from a deep sleep to go check the door locks before she goes to bed.
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That’s exactly what whar happens hourly in much of Minneapolis and often my neighboring city. Videos posted every morning of the previous night prowlers on tape checking all doors.

All they need is one rich person in my hood to have left door open (or more likely, keys in the car) and score.

it really ramped up post George Floyd- mpls pd stopped responding and so it’s highly unlikely you’ll get caught in Minneapolis. Edina however tends to catch them
 
We obviously lock when we're not at home, or if we're home when there's no lights on/in bed. None of my neighbors have had a reported break-in the 7 years we've been in this house and we have motion-sensor lights. To be fair we are also gated so...

Yet even when I lived in a northern TC burb in MN our street never had through traffic and we had a handful of motion triggering flood lights. So if we were home and/or lights were on it was rarely locked unless my wife took notice.
 
LynahFan said:
This is where I’m at - are there really that many burglars of opportunity roaming the streets just waiting to find an unlocked door? I feel like most people who are okay with the entering part wouldn’t really think twice about the breaking part, and locks do nothing about that.
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A thief is a rational actor. They are less likely to pick a harder target, it's riskier and more time consuming. So, for example, I don't leave my keys in my ignition even though "well, they can just hot wire the car anyway." *

I keep my wallet in my front pocket. "They can just hold you up." Yeah, and if they do they get my wallet. But they can't pick that pocket as easily. They have to have a greater level of commitment -- they move from burglary to robbery. I am screening out an entire field of thieves, and that's the most I can do.

* Sometimes the expected value function appears to invert. I swear I have read stories from SF where people actually leave their car door unlocked so that thieves won't break the window, thus adding to their damages. I suspect that in turn causes perverse outcomes.
 
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LynahFan said:
This is where I’m at - are there really that many burglars of opportunity roaming the streets just waiting to find an unlocked door?
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Yes, depending on your definition of many. Most are drug addicts who just need stuff to pawn to get their next fix. They'll wander around till they find an open door and then continue their wandering inside.

Source: my criminal defense attorney spouse.
 
I have to lock my apartment from the outside when I leave, that’s how I know my place is locked when I leave. When I get home, first thing I do is lock it. Because I have idiots in my building, like last night, that somehow were able to get in through the pool gate and left it open so anyone from the street could get in. I hate the people in my building.
 
If you rent a flat, there is always a possibility to find another one, maybe you will have more luck there.
Since i started to work for academic writing services https://academized.com/ i changed 4 different flats and finally i am happy with the accommodation. My job is 100% remote and i spend at home 80% of my time probably, so it is important to have nice and cozy pace.
 
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state of hockey said:
This is how I grew up. My wife has converted me I guess, I lock the door without really thinking about it now. I am still irritated when I run to the garage for two minutes and the door is already locked when I get back, though.
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Oh my God this is in my top three pet peeves. I’ll go out our back door into the backyard to clean up dog sh-t for less than 10 minutes, only to find the wife has locked the door behind me. I have to walk all the way around to the front, which isn’t always guaranteed to be open either, to get back inside. First-world problems to be sure, but annoying nonetheless.
 
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Oh my God this is in my top three pet peeves. I’ll go out our back door into the backyard to clean up dog sh-t for less than 10 minutes, only to find the wife has locked the door behind me. I have to walk all the way around to the front, which isn’t always guaranteed to be open either, to get back inside. First-world problems to be sure, but annoying nonetheless.
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