Live in the Lower East Side and heading out for the day? There's a high chance you won't be able to get back into your place, new data suggests.
On Tuesday, NYC-based digital locksmith system KeyMe released figures about lockout trends throughout Manhattan. Among the many findings, its data suggested that LES residents get locked out more than residents of any other other neighborhood on the island, with LESers having a 43 percent chance of getting locked out in the next 12 months:
The neighborhoods Chelsea and Flatiron come second and third, with residents having a 36 and 19 percent chance of getting locked out, respectively.
Overall, KeyMe data predicts that approximately 1.9 million New Yorkers will get locked out sometime this year, with Saturday afternoon being the most common time that lockouts occur. The data also revealed that men nationwide are 36 percent more likely to get locked out than women.
The digital locksmith company arrived at the NYC-specific figures after analyzing the transaction histories of over 2,000 customers of KeyMe's kiosk service in Manhattan, spokeswoman Angela Petersen told DNAinfo New York in an e-mail. The service allows you to upload a photo of your key and have a new one printed out.
KeyMe also found that — if lock-out incidents are to serve as any indicator of forgetfulness — we're at least a little more mindful than Philadelphia, where they predict that approximately 42 percent of residents will get locked out this year.
In this one respect, however, Boston is superior. According to the data, New Yorkers are nearly twice as likely to get locked out as Bostonians.
