Safety Zone

Isn't it amazing how overly cautious we have become in protecting our most valued and precious items? I say this in amazement at how much crime has escalated over the years resulting in bigger and stronger locks on our cars and homes, walking down the street holding our purses and bags strategically to ensure the utmost safest position we can bare.  We have resorted to only carrying credit cards which can be quickly traced and cancelled if theft occurs, and most of all we even need to endure the safety of our personal identity as this theft has come along over the years as well.  HOWEVER, there is something I find more amazing at how much we attempt to protect ourselves and our belongings is the one place in which the rules are called off, and our guard is let down.  As someone who has lived along the shore for the entirety of my short life, I have seen many people along the beaches of the east coast.  Here seems to be a safety zone, a place in which we leave our belongings as well as our worries in the sand as we surf the waves of the sea, and walk along the shoreline.  It is as if the moment we place our feet on the sand of the beach there is a mutual respect and agreement to our belongings being untouched and left alone.  You may come to think, well there are many people around no one would do that at such a high capacity place, but then what is any major city where crime and theft seem to be at its highest? Are they not just as crowded as these sandy beaches? You may say well no one has anything of importance with them on the beach, however is it not just the opposite, people seem to carry more cash than on any typical day with plans to play games, enjoy rides, and bite into a big slice of pizza on the famous boardwalks.  It is something that is unexplained, and in my personal opinion I believe it adds to the beauty of the nature we find at the ocean.