Every few years kids with baseball bats take out mailboxes along the road in my area. 1/2 of those are rebuilt steel or stone monstrosities but I don’t blame the owners one bit for rebuilding strong.
We never had that problem. Ever.
It’s Lovely Old Neighborhood, no sidewalks, very narrow roads, very picturesque, but people out for a stroll, walking their dogs, jogging, biking, etc. are *in* the narrow road. Even at 25 mph, it’s not always possible to see them around the many hilly curves and the lawn service vehicles often parked in the road, so one would be forced to plow headlong into one of those monstrosities to avoid them. They’re not only silly, they are dangerous.
I call them “brick outhouse mailboxes”. Only the nouveau riche neighbors who moved in and MacMansionized the lovely architectural gems they bought built them. All the Lovely Old Families kept their normal mailboxes.