[hedoman]

Originally Posted by taylor111947

You make a good point. My frame of reference is living near Philly and recently having been burglarized - although my alarm system did no good since the guy put a ladder up to my second story and climbed in through my open bathroom window. So I may be a little more sensitive about my security.

Personally, if someone wants to break in while I'm not there they are more than welcome. But, one of the things I'm looking forward to is having the windows open when the weather is nice. However, I'm not sure I would be comfortable leaving them open at night.

I guess I would just like to explore my options.

Taylor,

We too are on the Main Line, Devon, and see the police reports every day. We were considering an ADT type system too but always got the response "why bother?". I looked into the crime rates between our 2 areas and there is quite a difference. Now there is crime and such in TV but it is more random because it is much harder to get in and out especally if you are deeper into the center of TV. The biggest plus is that the neighbors generlly know each other fairly well and therefor can more readily observe something out of place. Other measures in place are cameras recording in and out movement at the gates etc. I will probaly forego a system for now...

JMHO