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?

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
    391·
    6 hours ago

    First, the USA is a giant country. It takes about four hours to drive from New York to Philadelphia and two weeks to drive from New York to Los Angeles.

    Second, crime can vary wildly in the same city.

    • tko@tkohhh.socialEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      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.

    • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
      101·
      6 hours ago

      I believe Trumptopia is about the same size physically as Australia.

      Same thing.

      Big city. Lock.

      Small town. Maybe lock.

      Rural area. Never lock.

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        71·
        6 hours ago

        I believe Trumptopia is about the same size physically as Australia.

        You know, you could get a ‘search engine’ like AskJeeves or Bing and then you’d know for sure.

        USA 9.83 square km

        Aus 7.69 square km.

        • Mantzy81@aussie.zoneEnglish
          61·
          5 hours ago

          Yeah nah cunt. You don’t include Alaska in that as it’s pulling a lot of weight.

          Contiguous US is 8.08. Still slightly larger than Australia but only byy a dick hair.

          • Soulphite@reddthat.com
            3·
            4 hours ago

            This is the most Australian argument I’ve read, I even read it in my best Australian accent.

            Some of my inspiration for my internal Australian accent include:

            “Fosters, Australian for beer!”

            “That’s not a knife, THIS is knife!”

            “I’m dry as a dead dingo’s donger”

        • leoj@piefed.socialEnglish
          61·
          6 hours ago

          wow both under 10 square km, I have been navigating way wrong my whole life apparently.

            • harmbugler@piefed.socialEnglish
              1·
              6 hours ago

              We’re kind of getting away from the point that how long it takes to drive somewhere has zero to do with whether you lock your door.

              • INeedANewUserName@piefed.socialEnglish
                2·
                6 hours ago

                oh I might disagree believe leaving doors unlocked is more common when the nearest neighbor is a mile and a half away but maybe I’m wrong

              • leoj@piefed.socialEnglish
                2·
                6 hours ago

                Kind of? Its a discussion about the size of the United States, and how it is impossible to speak for the entirety. I won’t give you a play by play on the posts you just read, but it is all relevant to the discussion at hand.

              • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                6 hours ago

                the drive time was to illustrate scale.

                While it doesn’t matter how big a whale is vs a microbe, you can’t put a whale under a normal microscope, thus the distinction is relevant.