Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:40:53 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > On 6/23/2014 5:14 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> >> On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:29:44 -0400, Gary wrote:
> >>
> >>> Sqwertz wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd wager that more than half of the U.S. population
> >>>> requires a key to get into their mailbox.
> >>>
> >>> Not on the East coast.
> >>
> >> Never mind the 8.5 million people that live in New York City, which is
> >> almost 20x the population of your tiny little world.
> >>
> >
> > NYC is about 2.2% of the population and they don't all need keys. From
> > what I knew living in Philly and now in New England, This huge region
> > has very few locked boxes. I'd guess less that 15% of the population
> > needs a key.
> >
> > Wager? Nah, I'd have to do more research, but I'd wager it is far less
> > than 50%
>
> I still stand by my 50%. All the people that live in apartments in
> all the metropolitan parts of the country, I can't imagine that the
> vast majority of inner city mailboxes don't lock. Add to that all the
> urban and suburban communities that have communal mailboxes...
>
> 35% of people live in rental housing. Of that, 61% of them are
> duplexes or larger. 18% of owner-occupied housing are condominiums.
> That's almost 40% right there that live in multi-unit complexes - and
> that's being conservative.
>
> Then add all the suburban and urban single housing family that many of
> us have mentioned already have communal mailboxes, PO boxes, mail
> slots in front doors...
>
> Or we could just look it up (duh) - who knew it would be in the
> Internet?!?!). This report from the USPS says that 66% of adults
> report that they get mail in unlocked mailboxes.
>
> Now add 18 years onto that 34% to that and think about all the reports
> of check theft/fraud and the ever increasing incidence of identify
> theft cases... and I don't think 50% is far off this day in age. I
> might even go higher than 50%.

You really do hate losing, don't you?

Again, my whole point was neighborhoods with single family homes with
yards. I've never seen a down the street lockbox for the street, etc.
All neighborhoods here have individual mailboxs and no locks on them.

G.