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Well, TIL. Never realized this was a US-specific thing.

• lillesvin 7y ago
  It's definitely not US specific. Here in Denmark it's standard that the front door opens from the inside without a key. Same goes for at least Luxembourg and Germany as far as I know.
  • jwilk 7y ago
    Same for Poland.
  • usrusr 7y ago
    Germany checking in: all the front doors I know are two stage: first stage closes just by falling into the lock and and opens keyless from the inside, second stage requires key action for both closing and opening, on both sides.
• Sharlin 7y ago
  Add Finland to the list. Pretty much all of Central and Northern Europe I believe. I don't think I've ever seen a residential exterior door that needs a key to open from the inside.
• asveikau 7y ago
  I don't think it's US-specific, as I have seen it work the "US" way abundantly when traveling. But having it not work this way is very unusual in the states, while common to not exactly rare in some other places.
• gdy 7y ago
  Same thing in Russia
• yesenadam 7y ago
  It's not. Same in Australia, I've never seen a house here you need a key to get out of.
  • empressplay 7y ago
    If you lock a security / screen door from the outside, you generally cannot open it from the inside without a key