I live in a remarkably shitty, crime ridden city and having locks changed is a standard part of rental contracts. It’s so standard that every August, our local

I live in a remarkably shitty, crime ridden city and having locks changed is a standard part of rental contracts. It’s so standard that every August, our local papers’ “student guides” suggest that new renters ask about having locks changed. Knowing what I know now, I’d actually leave a city if I saw that term in a contract.