One of the reasons all the doors are locked now is that no one is at home most of the time. When I grew up (50 years ago) no one had a mother who worked. Now kids are in daycare or pre-kindergarden and almost all the young mothers work (include me on that list,back when I was young).Half the mothers on my block go back to work as soon as their maternity leave is gone.I don't even know the names of the other half of the mothers on my block.As a child we knew everybody in the neighborhood.
Nobody, as best as I remember,forced these things on us.Life is a series of trade offs,and yes Monty Hall, we were all to ready to make a deal.