I know that in certain countries like Japan or South Korea: it’s normal to leave the front door unlocked since the probaility of someone breaking in is low since their crime rate isn’t high. I knew a friend of mine who resides in Korea where they even left the car unlocked with the keys inside, can you do either of those things in America?

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    First, the USA is a giant country. It takes about four hours to drive from New York to Philadelphia and two weeks to drive from New York to Los Angeles.

    Second, crime can vary wildly in the same city.

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      Two weeks is an exaggeration… it’s roughly a 40 hour drive. I find 10 hour driving days to be quite reasonable, so 4 days.

      But, your point is valid… big country, different places will have different danger levels. Within my own city, there are areas I would feel OK leaving the front door unlocked, and other areas where I absolutely would not.

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        Two weeks is about how long I took when I made that trip, but I did some sightseeing on the way. Also even on the longest day I don’t think I drove for 10 hours in one day.

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        Reminds me of a joke, A Texan and a Carolinian rancher meet in a bar. The Texan says “Yessir, it takes me two days to drive my pickup truck across my ranch.” The Carolinian says “Yeah I had a truck like that, but I got it fixed.”

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        Yeah, I did western Tennessee to northwest Washington in 2 days.

        … I regretted it, but I did it.

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      I believe Trumptopia is about the same size physically as Australia.

      Same thing.

      Big city. Lock.

      Small town. Maybe lock.

      Rural area. Never lock.

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        I believe Trumptopia is about the same size physically as Australia.

        You know, you could get a ‘search engine’ like AskJeeves or Bing and then you’d know for sure.

        USA 9.83 square km

        Aus 7.69 square km.

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          Yeah nah cunt. You don’t include Alaska in that as it’s pulling a lot of weight.

          Contiguous US is 8.08. Still slightly larger than Australia but only byy a dick hair.

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            This is the most Australian argument I’ve read, I even read it in my best Australian accent.

            Some of my inspiration for my internal Australian accent include:

            “Fosters, Australian for beer!”

            “That’s not a knife, THIS is knife!”

            “I’m dry as a dead dingo’s donger”

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              Fun fact: if by some miracle you find Fosters anywhere Australia, if you actually buy it and drink it, you get instantly deported to Manus Island because you’re clearly not from around here. Or worse, a pome.

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          wow both under 10 square km, I have been navigating way wrong my whole life apparently.

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              We’re kind of getting away from the point that how long it takes to drive somewhere has zero to do with whether you lock your door.