Security

I have often heard the older generations of Americans lament at the moral degradation of the country. "We didn't use to have to lock our doors at night," they pine, "Just no decent folks left it seems." I have come to discover they don't know how good they still have it... I don't know how good I have it!

I think this will be shocking to most any American viewing this. It was shocking to me, and I was told about it beforehand. The norm in South Africa seems to be centered on security of the home with high walls topped with spiked, barbed or electrified fences. A metal barred door latches in front of the front door where commonly in America there would be a mesh screen. Electronic gates bar entry into the driveway.

You look down a suburban street, and it is lined on both sides with all of these various walls, fences and gates designed to keep people out.

Businesses, playgrounds, even churches are all surrounded by these security fences!

So I don't want to hear Americans complaining about the "travesty" involved in having to simply lock a door.