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[b]Windows are all double paned now with super thick glass. Much more secure than in the past. Hard to break. Not a major reason to use bars for security anymore.
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Also, more people now use ADT or other security, where in the past bars on windows and calling 911 was your home security system.

These are very different times.[/quote]

I guess nobody ever [u]opens[/u] the window?[/quote]
Most new first floor windows being installed in townhouses do not open. Ones that do include a security feature that prevents them from being opened very wide. This seems like a bizarre and pointless sidetracking of the obvious: counting bars on windows is no longer an indicator of community perception of security anymore. Maybe counting ADT stickers and signs would be more effective as a new proxy.[/quote]

This is why we kept the bars on our house in Petworth when we bought it in 2010: You could open all the windows and leave them open, day or night, home or not home, and feel quite confident that the bars would keep people out. In our house west of the park, where crime is lower, we still feel like we have to close the windows if we leave the house for much longer than 20 minutes or so or at night. But I imagine people here would be pretty upset if we installed bars.[/quote]

If you feel you need to install bars in your home, you can't get caught up with what your neighbors think.  Your families safety is more important that thee aesthetics of a house.
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I certainly don't feel we need to install bars in my home, nor that my family is unsafe in my home.

But I do feel like leaving all the first-floor windows open all day while we aren't home would probably be a bad idea, and from an environmental standpoint, I wouldn't mind being able to do that instead of feeling the need to leave the windows closed and have the air conditioning on, even set to a higher away temperature. I also don't think there are any other cities or many parts of the D.C. area where people could feel totally comfortable leaving all their windows open all day with no one home, so I don't think this reflects anything negative about D.C.; I was just sort of lamenting a way that window bars can be useful for reasons that may not be as obvious to people who've never lived in homes with them.[/quote]

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