Do you leave the keys in the car where you live?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238380)
Walnut Creek, California
January 3, 2021 3:03pm CST
Last Summer, a native Montanan had the nerve to laugh at me because I took the keys out of my ignition and put them in my pocket when I came to visit him. "You really are from California!" he taunted.
I laughed and said "Yes I am! And where I live, we lock our cars when we go to bed at night!"
It's hard for Montanans to understand how Californians live, much as it's hard for Californians to understand how Montanans live. Unlocked bicycles on the lawn. Keys in cars.
Have you ever lived where people leave their keys in the car when they visit? Have you ever lived where you have to lock everything up at night?
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20 responses
@Tampa_girl7 (54740)
• United States
3 Jan 21
We probably don’t even need to lock our house, but we do. We lock everything. You have a message.
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@LotusEyes (2707)
• India
3 Jan 21
Last week my little brother forgot to take the bike key. The key remained on the bike. By the grace of God, the person next to the ground floor kept the key with him.Next morning my brother could not find the key in the house. Then he remembered that the key was to the bike. When he came down he was looking .. then the person next door gave him the key. Then he relaxed and so did we
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@TheHorse (238380)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Jan 21
@LotusEyes My neighbors here are kind as well. But I still lock up when I leave town.
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@thelme55 (79352)
• Germany
3 Jan 21
We lock our car and bring the key inside the house. We have lived for almost 3 years on the beaten track in the Republic of Ireland years ago. I was shocked as the neighbors didn't lock their houses and my husband copied it. They even leave their purses on the bench when receiving the communion in the church.
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@snowy22315 (209193)
• United States
3 Jan 21
I don't but I could. No real crime here. I don't lock the car door at night but I do lock the house up.
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@DaddyEvil (174748)
• United States
6 Jan 21
Stealing gas out of a vehicle is common here, too. That's why I have a locking cap on my gas tank. So far, nobody has broken it to steal gas.
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@TheHorse (238380)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Jan 21
@DaddyEvil I don't know that I've ever had gas stolen.
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@DaddyEvil (174748)
• United States
6 Jan 21
I'm surprised the kangaroos don't go in and make themselves at home while you're sleeping! 
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@JudyEv (382658)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jan 21
@DaddyEvil They haven't worked out how to open the door yet! But maybe the day will come. lol
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Jan 21
Yes I do. Addicts will raid cars here. Yes in Alabama
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@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
4 Jan 21
I don't leave the key in my car but sometimes me, being forgetful, forgot to lock it. If I live in the town, my car would be gone by now. Nowadays, I have to check multiple times to ensure I did lock the car. I also lock my doors. There was cases of burglary before. At least they never bother to check my car or they might get lucky.
@DaddyEvil (174748)
• United States
6 Jan 21
When I was a kid on our farm, keys were always left in vehicles. I often took drives on our tractor in the fields. I didn't start locking my car and taking the keys out until I moved to the city to live. I only started taking the keys out of my car after I moved to the city because my house key was on the same key ring as my car keys.
Now, I lock my car as soon as I'm out of it and the keys are tucked into my belt.
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@DaddyEvil (174748)
• United States
12 Jan 21
@TheHorse We didn't even have locks on the doors when I was a kid.
When I started sleep walking, around 12 years old, mom put hook and eyes on the screen doors to keep me from going outside at night. It didn't work, though. She often found me out in our porch swing, singing to the moon and stars or asleep the next morning in the swing.
@Deepizzaguy (122336)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Jan 21
In my home state of Louisiana I never leave my keys inside of any auto since it is a temptation for a thief to steal the car.
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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5 Jan 21
Lock em' up. I've heard that phrase before Always lived where we locked cars. The one time I did not put away my bike as a kid someone stole it and my neighborhood was a nice suburb. 
Anyway, better safe than sorry..
Always lived where we locked cars. The one time I did not put away my bike as a kid someone stole it and my neighborhood was a nice suburb. Anyway, better safe than sorry..