Living in and working with Military Housing I was really surprised to find that a good amount of folks do not lock their doors when they leave the house. I grew up in a nice neighborhood, but there was still no question as to whether or not the door was locked when you left...or even when you where home.
I do admit that now that I live in Post, I have a habit of leaving my entrance door open and the storm door closed. I suppose there is a feeling of being more secure living on post. MP's constantly drive around and there is constant neighborhood activity but I am still I not comfortable with leaving my doors open. I learned my lesson with my car, when I left my doors unlocked overnight and was missing an Ipod and a car jack in the morning (I have lived on 3 different Army Posts and Polk was the only one I have ever had anything taken).
It is good to have a level of trust in your neighborhood and post, but you should also have an equal amount of distrust. If someone is determined to steal from you I suppose they will get in one way or another I just figure I can make it as difficult as possible.
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