When I lived in Germany I always left with my house keys, but here in rural Brazil, the only key I need is my cars!

(I used to live so close to the city center I didn’t need a car, and now I live so far away that I don’t even bother locking my front door).

  • Electric@lemmy.world
    11·
    22 days ago

    I don’t ask this in a judgemental way: why would you choose to live in rural Brazil over Germany?

    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
      4·
      21 days ago

      If you’re not habituated to cold winters, it can be difficult to live in a place that has them. I’m from New England and live in Germany, so I’m always slightly disappointed by the winter (I’m not in Bavaria), but for people who are from warm places, the cold literally hurts. You adjust to a point, but especially if you’re older or skinnier, it might be a struggle every time.

  • papalonian@lemmy.world
    7·
    22 days ago

    and now I live so far away that I don’t even bother locking my front door

    Can you explain what you mean by this to someone who’s lived in asphalt his entire life? Is your home so far from others that the likelihood of a break-in is negligible, or is there a different meaning I’m missing?

    • ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      101·
      22 days ago

      Yeah that’s it, I live 8km from the city center and 300m off the asphalt. The chances of a home invasion here is basically 0, and if they came all this way, a lock won’t stop them.

      • papalonian@lemmy.world
        7·
        22 days ago

        I see.

        Here, I walk 5 minutes to get the mail, and pass by ~12 houses, half of which have a Ring doorbell that yells, “HI! You are currently being recorded.”

  • db2@lemmy.world
    7·
    22 days ago

    Not being close enough for others to see anything that happens, I’d be locking my doors and I’d also have several cameras too.

  • kbal@fedia.io
    5·
    22 days ago

    Of course the ideal is to find someplace where you need neither house nor car keys.