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In reply to the discussion: In 1981, I was a full time stock clerk at an Ohio Big Bear grocery store making 12.60 an hour [View all]moniss
(4,274 posts)about then versus now that hasn't gotten better. I know everybody grew up in different places with different circumstances but when/where I grew up in small town America we didn't lock our car doors when we went shopping or really anyplace for that matter. We all left for work and school in the morning and never locked the doors on the house. Nobody had things stolen. I know it sounds strange but it's true. Of course we used to read in the paper about thefts etc. in the metro areas. That was then.
About 20 years later I moved to a metro area and over the next 4 years I had my locked car slip-hooked and stolen 3 times and after I sold that car and got a convertible they slashed the top open on that one in order to get in to get a cheap $35 audio equalizer. The first car I kept getting back because it had a separate fuel pump switch hidden under the dash so the crooks could get a few blocks and then the car would quit. But it still was an obvious pain because you didn't know which direction to start walking to look for your car. That was then 2.0.
Now in the metro area we worry about being carjacked regardless of whether the doors are locked or not. I talked recently to people from the place I grew up. They still don't lock the doors. This is now.
Yesterday and today. Then and now. Which one got better and which one worse? Yes I know everybody didn't/can't grow up in a small town. But I'm thankful I did.