The house is over 100 years old and no one gives enough of a damn to change the mail box situation. The mail boxes are wooden, and don't have locks. There's four apartments and all of us keep stuff in the shed or the stairway. Nothing but basic human decency keeps our stuff from getting stolen. And that's worked for the three plus years I've lived here. Bonus Edit: I just went down to put the trash out for collection tomorrow and there's a leek in my neighbors mail box.