These All Seem In Order*

If you live in a walk up in NYC, or visit friends in one, you might notice security measures are not always logically applied.

There is at least one apartment building in Harlem that features a front door one can push open. There's a lock, but it is never engaged. (TRUE STORY!)

If you want to experience the security of a lock on an entrance to this building, just climb up six flights to the roof. The door to the roof is both locked and protected by an alarm. (TRUE STORY!)

As everyone knows, most crime in NYC occours at the "canopy" level.

*Priorities, that is