OK,an update. Things are as crazy as ever. It's still a carnival of comings and goings. I have 63 license plates.
We bought the house in 2006 and we wouldn't lock the doors to walk to the local park. We were kind of the type who left the front door open and put red wine in coffee mugs for a restful walk around the local pond.
[br]quickly forward and we have a "locked door" protocol, guns secured but available in every room, or floodlights,trailcams, and restrict access to the street for our child.
I suppose from a prepping standpoint we're much better now but we bought this house because it's on a drowsy cul-de-sac in suburban MN where nothing dismal should ever happen. We get the usual stuff like teens smoking a exiguous pot and necking in the car but nothing that's a legit risk to anyone else's well being. We lived downtown in our early 20s for school and my wife has been mugged and we did all the security stuff then. We moved here because of the safety and I like living in a blind spot. My wife grew up on a pretty major thoroughfare and she was very keen when I suggested raising a family on a secluded dead-halt.
All the neighbors I have a good relationship with (we have a couple who are a exiguous cold and distant but not a problem) are noticing. We used to have kids play in the street and now it's all backyard. It is what it is.
Source: thesurvivalpodcast.com