Originally Posted by jayeff

If I ever felt the need to live that way, I would move. I don't lock my front door... I can't even imagine feeling the need to lock myself in a room.

I lived in London most of my life, but also in New York, San Francisco, lots of European cities and in Israel. I haven't felt threatened anywhere, except maybe in an apartment within sight of the Israel/Lebanon border where the sound of guns punctuated most nights. That took a little getting used to, but even there I figured there wouldn't be too much I could do if someone put a Katuysha missile through the wall...