[einpoklum]

Ah, well, yes, with a wife and two children, it's a different story. As a single person or a couple you might have found something in, oh, I guess maybe Diemen, or maybe in the Bijlmer region somewhere.

As for the bike: The trick is that you need a lock that's at least half the bike's price... that deters the thieves, who will go for easier-to-steal ones.

I got my bike stolen twice when I lived in Amsterdam, and even wrote a post about it, asking for advice:

https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/q/36959/24429

... and got some pretty good ideas.