RDCL
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I'm an apartment dweller. Likely will be for the rest of my life and I'm ok with that. I hate yardwork and just don't have the time or desire for home maintenance, so apt. living just suits me fine.
It also occured to me in reading threads here about home invasion.....that I DO feel relatively secure against such events....more so than if I lived in a normal average home. Some things to consider as an apartment dweller:
a) I'm on the third floor....No-one is gonna come in through one of the bedroom windows.
b) The living room balcony/deck could only be accessed with a very large ladder...which would draw attention from many other watchful tenants.
c) The invader(s) would have to break through two sets of "security" doors before they even get to MY front door.....which of course is locked at all times.
d) ALL the tenants within this apartment complex I live in ( or most that I've met)....always have their ears & eyes open. My neighbors DO keep an eye on whats going on in the hallways if noise is involved (this is both good AND bad I suppose)
e) Like a lot of folks.....I am armed.
Now...that's all NO absolute garantee for secure peaceful living, but these points are signifigant enough to bear importance. Lastly...why-o-why would any thug wanna go through all the high-visibilty & noisy work just to get to little 'ole me and my stuff when an isolated house down the road would be more tempting?
Thoughts? Am I overly optimistic?
Russ
It also occured to me in reading threads here about home invasion.....that I DO feel relatively secure against such events....more so than if I lived in a normal average home. Some things to consider as an apartment dweller:
a) I'm on the third floor....No-one is gonna come in through one of the bedroom windows.
b) The living room balcony/deck could only be accessed with a very large ladder...which would draw attention from many other watchful tenants.
c) The invader(s) would have to break through two sets of "security" doors before they even get to MY front door.....which of course is locked at all times.
d) ALL the tenants within this apartment complex I live in ( or most that I've met)....always have their ears & eyes open. My neighbors DO keep an eye on whats going on in the hallways if noise is involved (this is both good AND bad I suppose)
e) Like a lot of folks.....I am armed.
Now...that's all NO absolute garantee for secure peaceful living, but these points are signifigant enough to bear importance. Lastly...why-o-why would any thug wanna go through all the high-visibilty & noisy work just to get to little 'ole me and my stuff when an isolated house down the road would be more tempting?
Thoughts? Am I overly optimistic?
Russ