Grew up in a small, rural Illinois town. No one, and I mean no one locked doors. You would go to a friend's house, knock on the door a couple times, then open it. You'd peek your head inside and say "hello" and if someone answered, you were good to go inside. If no one answered, you left. My grandparents didn't start locking their doors until about 10 years ago. Meth and Chicago transporting juvenile delinquents down south brought the crime.
I remember leaving on my bike with a bag lunch at dawn and my friends and I would ride for miles on end in the middle of nowhere. No cell phones. No check-ins. Nothing but our friends and our bikes. IF something went wrong, we knew we'd have to knock on a stranger's door and call for help. We knew to stick together. The only rule was to be home when the street lights came on.
I lived in a small rural town in Illinois when we raised our kids. None of us locked our doors. To this day, some people in town still do not lock their doors. It was such a blessing to raise our children in that town.
I remember that Liberty5309. We never locked the doors unless going out of state or something. I lived in a rural town in Maine population 500 in East Machias ME.
We never had to worry about crime. Never had to worry about the police. Never had to think about if my mother let me walk to the local convenience if the cops would arrest her like they did that lady recently.
We did not leave our doors unlocked in the 80s. I don't know anyone who ever did that.
Grew up in a small, rural Illinois town. No one, and I mean no one locked doors. You would go to a friend's house, knock on the door a couple times, then open it. You'd peek your head inside and say "hello" and if someone answered, you were good to go inside. If no one answered, you left. My grandparents didn't start locking their doors until about 10 years ago. Meth and Chicago transporting juvenile delinquents down south brought the crime.
I remember leaving on my bike with a bag lunch at dawn and my friends and I would ride for miles on end in the middle of nowhere. No cell phones. No check-ins. Nothing but our friends and our bikes. IF something went wrong, we knew we'd have to knock on a stranger's door and call for help. We knew to stick together. The only rule was to be home when the street lights came on.
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We did that in the 70's. So glad to see it lasted for at leat a decade more.
60's for me. It was a great childhood.
I lived in a small rural town in Illinois when we raised our kids. None of us locked our doors. To this day, some people in town still do not lock their doors. It was such a blessing to raise our children in that town.
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I remember that Liberty5309. We never locked the doors unless going out of state or something. I lived in a rural town in Maine population 500 in East Machias ME.
We never had to worry about crime. Never had to worry about the police. Never had to think about if my mother let me walk to the local convenience if the cops would arrest her like they did that lady recently.