Always locking my bike and never having it stolen is better than never locking my bike and having it stolen once.

It's a little disingenuous to say that one should simply move to a place where bikes don't get stolen, because there is no guarantee or explicit arrangement with all of the town's inhabitants that absolutely no bikes will be stolen. My grandparents live in a small town and haven't locked their doors in 30 years, even when they leave to visit family in other states for extended periods of time. My dad lost his wallet there once and had it returned to him with every dollar intact, but yet my sister still had her bike stolen there a couple of years ago.