Unobtrusive Security

As he drove into the kampong (village) Nakamora noticed the clean lawn, old but neatly arranged flower pots inhabited by real flowers, and most obviously was the absence of fence of any sort. He imagined the contrast to city and urban residential estates. Every house is fenced in, doors and windows secured with iron grills, some with the sign 'Beware of Dogs' posted conspicuously to be seen even by guests, others have a box labeled 'Protected by XYZ' etc, where XYZ is the name of a security service provider company.
Fences may be one device that underwent function reversal or function expansion in modern time. They were erected to keep goats, cows, and buffaloes from straying out of predesignated grazing fields. In urban areas houses are fenced in to keep intruders from outside straying in. It is there for safety and security. Security in kampong areas is unobtrusive as it is inherently embedded in the way members of the community behave and interact with one another. Nakamora noticed many pair of eyes discreetly looking at his car. It must have looked unfamiliar to the beholders. Not surprising as he has not been balik kampong (returning home to the village) for quite sometime already.
In urban setting nobody really cares. In fact nobody has the time and opportunity to care. Out of the house in the morning, commute to work, and back home when it is dark again. The real community is at work, not at home, as more time is spent there, and more people know you there. The nature of work of the kampong people, not having to leave the house for too long to go to work and plenty of opportunity for interactions, strangers can easily be noticed. CCTVs are not needed as there are plenty of real eyes scanning and looking out for strangers and out of normal behaviors. Perhaps, with ingenuity the approach of the kampong folks can be adopted and modified to suit city and urban living. After all, real eyes are much better than electronic ones.