When I was growing up, the only times we locked our house up was when we were going out of town for vacation. The rest of the time if we were home, we left our front door and back door unlocked with no concerns about anyone trying to break in or cause anyone harm. I don’t remember even hearing the phrase “home invasion” until the 1990’s. It just was not done in my neighborhood or to anyone I knew.
But all that has changed and people need to not only lock their doors but they need to have alarm systems installed. My dear neighbor who recently moved to Arizona has had 3 different attempts at break-ins while she was at work. I told her that she should click on the home security globe web site for an alarm system, and the police would be notified and respond to the calls. Each time there are attempts to break into a house with an alarm system, the police have a better chance to stop the robbery in progress and arrest the guys.
Another thing she had installed in her new home out there was Direct tv. In my neighborhood we all have cable, but evidently in Arizona it is much easier and cheaper to get Direct TV installed and choose your entertainment package based on what you want to watch rather than having the cable company do the programming and telling me what I can watch.