This was the early morning hours, they were all most likely sleeping.

It’s not so much that he wouldn’t be able to get in at all if really determined to, it’s that an unlocked door made it that much easier to do so without alerting any of the residents to his presence until it was too late. If he has to force the door or break a window, that’s not easy to do quietly.

I was thinking more along the lines of time to barricade yourself into whatever room you’re in and call 911, but never hurts to grab something for self defense while you’re at it.

That’s all really good advice! One of my locks is a keyless deadbolt that can only be locked and unlocked from the inside. I’ve had one on the door of every apartment I’ve lived in, so I think they’re pretty standard in my city.

Hooooooly shit that is scary.

My building requires a key fob to open the electronic locks on the hallway doors and I’ve still heard people try to open my door a few times. The electronic lock is why I think it’s usually neighbors confused about which floor they’re on and not break-in attempts, but it saves a lot of awkwardness by just locking the…

Or even in that split second where the door doesn’t open, maybe it occurs to him he shouldn’t be there. Maybe he just goes home.

Same. I pretend I’m not home all the damn time rather than answer the door because I figure if it’s someone I know they’d call or text first. If they don’t, they don’t know me, and if they don’t know me, they have no business with me that requires them to be at the door of my home.

Yep. I still live in an apartment, and there have been handful of times late at night when I’ve heard someone put a key in the lock and try to open the door. I usually assume it’s probably just someone who came in late, parked on a different floor than they’re used to, and ended up on the wrong floor because they…

Just as an aside to all of this, one of the stories linked says the guy walked in through an unlocked back door. Kids, please: lock your doors. I know you feel like nothing can happen to you at that age, but even if you feel like it’s unnecessary, please please pleasepleaseplease lock your doors. In college my brother…

That honestly sounds not unusual and pretty standard practices and procedures to me. If it’s established that deliveries arrive through the back (and there are valid reasons for this, believe it or not) then they arrive through the back, no exceptions, no special treatment. Do you always have a massive chip on your…

Ah. Still, I wonder if it was more a case of where they needed those items instead of a case of “servants use the back door only!”. I mean, if you’re paying for delivery you do have the right to have it delivered where it’s convenient, right?

I wonder if in that case it’s more to do with where what’s being delivered is going? Like if it’s food/supplies for the kitchen, it would make more sense to bring it in the back rather than carry it through the dining area (which may be a health code violation for all I know).

Yeah, if I was one of the lower price renters I would have no problem with actually paying a reasonable maintenance fee per amenity to use the pool, gym or whatever. Just have a rate for each amenity, and let people choose to pay for whichever ones they want to use. If you don’t want to pay it or won’t use a…

Uggggghhhh no. That’s a horrific thing to think and say. I’d probably ghost her. Ugh.

Only if you want to! Most of it was filmed in Petersburg and Richmond, though so you won’t spot much. We were told at the panel I attended last month on the show that the actual building in Alexandria that was the hospital was torn down so they had to find period-appropriate architecture elsewhere.

She sounds toxic.

God knows I do my share of bitching about the affordability of rentals/housing here in Austin but at least it isn’t anywhere near as bad as what this article describes.

They do. They just call them launderettes.

At this point in the show Alexandria is occupied by the Union. The slave traders are gone.