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When I was a kid, people would leave the engine running on the car with the keys on, while they popped in the convenience store to buy a quick item. We used t
by tpoacher 5y ago
When I was a kid, people would leave the engine running on the car with the keys on, while they popped in the convenience store to buy a quick item.
We used to leave the doors and windows wide open at home while taking a nap, to "air the house".
Different times.
- grecy 5y agoI live in Canada, both of those examples are extremely common today
- Macha 5y agoIreland: The first certainly happens rurally, but would be extremely ill advised in the cities The second is totally normal here too. Even in Dublin. Even in the not particularly great neighbourhood I live in.
- throwaway-blaze 5y agoGuessing you don't live in a major city. These things would be fine in rural places all over the world.
- dgfitz 5y agoWe do this now, about 20 miles outside one of the highest per capita shooting/murder cities in the US. When I lived in said city I was jumped and beat up, and my car broken into 3 times… in a year.
- wolverine876 5y agoI see that in major cities. One person I know lives in a major US city and always leaves their keys on the floor of their car.