[Rick Lee]

I just don't answer my door unless I'm expecting someone. My doorbell is broken and I won't bother to fix it. A ringing doorbell is not a call to action. Most property crimes begin with casing the neighborhood. I don't leave my garbage or recycling containers out more than an hour after pickup, don't have newspapers out front and give no sign that the house is unattended. But there's no point in letting a potential criminal breach my door by voluntarily opening it. There is nothing to be gained from talking to strangers who knock on my door. They won't sell me something I needed and couldn't get on my own, they won't save my soul and I just can't think of any way in which I'd benefit from it. The neighbors know they're welcome to walk into my backyard to retrieve their kids' toys.