"I didn't realize it was weird that my family never locked the front door, even at night, until friends looked at me like I was out of my mind."
"I grew up in a town of less than 2,000 people, and my mom would leave the door ajar some nights. Not sure how, at the very least, wild animals didn't intrude. She once woke up to a cat sleeping on the coffee table, though."
A person grew up in a town of fewer than 2,000 people where the family routinely left the front door unlocked or ajar, even at night. Friends reacted with disbelief upon learning of the practice, prompting the realization that the habit was unusual. The household felt secure enough that the mother sometimes left the door slightly open overnight. Wild animals rarely entered, though one morning a cat was found sleeping on the coffee table. The anecdote illustrates a relaxed small-town sense of safety and differing expectations about home security.
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