63 percent of americans said they know people that don t lock their doors regularly.
Us 1950s dont lock their doors.
Men were also more likely than women to say they don t lock their doors when they re at home 28 percent to 18 percent.
She s a door locker and a half.
And 63 of people say that they know people who do not lock their doors regularly.
In the 1950s it may have been more widespread than it is today.
The work around is people will put little eyelet hook locks on the inside of the door.
To prevent someone from barging in while you re up to something.
Population sitting at home with unlocked doors.
The goal is not safety but modesty.
Yet 30 of all burglaries occur with the offender entering through an unlocked door.
Answered september 3 2019 author has 711 answers and 226 5k answer views.
One example is that not only did people not lock their cars in the 50 s it was a common practice in most places to leave your keys in the ignition.
Today it is still common in small isolated towns where most everyone is known to everyone else.
In the future i ll be ever vigilant about locking the doors.
Homes were the same way no one locked their doors and on warm evenings most people went to bed with their doors and windows open.
Houses built before then may have skeleton key or similar locks.
Many houses built in the 1950s and 1960s don t have door knob locks.
It was a much slower pace of life and much more relaxed.
Once again people living in rural areas older americans whites and republicans were the most likely to say they generally don t lock their doors.
That s almost 20 percent of the u s.
I don t think stuff like that happens very often but i m still not taking chances.
According to the survey responses nearly 1 in 5 people surveyed said they rarely ever lock their doors or never lock their doors at all when they are at home.