What is Safety Worth?
The last two homes I have owned had security systems. I very quickly learned to rely on them for that extra sense of safety at night, when I was home alone, or when we were out of town. I thought that when I moved to my current home I would not miss a security system, because before those two prior homes I had now lived with one anyway.
I was wrong.
I absolutely feel the lack of a security system here, even though this is historically a safe neighborhood and I know most of my neighbors. We also have two neighbors closely who frequently host the sort of parties that means a hundred drunken people using our streets as a social hangout. Plus, with every month that passes in our current economic times, I am hearing more and more about the increase in robberies. People are becoming desperate. Well, I don’t want their desperation to mean the loss of my belongings or danger to my family. home security is worth quite a bit to me.
On ADT’s website, I see that I can get a system installed for under $100, after rebates. Not bad. After that, all I need to fuss with are the monthly monitoring costs. It’s worth my peace of mind.
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