What Is Security?

Anyone who has ever lived in a small town or “in the country” has probably known people who never lock their doors. City residents, on the other hand, are highly security-conscious, double- or triple-locking doors, installing window gates, relying on doormen or intercom systems and peepholes to identify visitors or strangers who appear on their doorsteps. And more and more over the past 40 years, suburbanites and even residents of high-security, upscale gated communities have tended to follow city residents’ habits rather than the old ways of their “country cousins.”

There are good reasons for both the difference in people’s understanding of “security” and the gradual adoption of more stringent measures for maintaining a sense of safety.

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