Really?? Adult trick or treaters???

[Pax]

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OTOH, I could hand out sprouted granola bars with spirulina topping.

Excellent idea! Take it further and be that weird lady who hands out crappy stale popcorn balls to the older people.

[OakLeaf]

what is with going to neighborhoods where you don't live?

Well I think kids who don't live in neighborhoods should still get the opportunity to trick-or-treat, and friends should be able to trick-or-treat together regardless of whether they live within walking distance of each other.

Now, if we're talking about kids hitting multiple neighborhoods on different nights, that's entirely a product of this goofy scheduled trick-or-treating on nights other than Hallowe'en proper, and AFAIC the adults reponsible for that, are getting what they deserve.

[OakLeaf]

Like, where you are, they bus kids from suburban neighborhoods to urban ones? Or vice versa? Just trying to get a picture of what you mean!

[Blueberry]

I would say they're bringing kids from urban to urban (we're single family, but more densely developed than average). There are plenty of other good options for trick-or-treating, but our neighborhood gets talked up as a destination. In part, our neighborhood association did it to itself (hiring off duty police to ensure safety) - but what were they supposed to do when the city wouldn't do anything to crowd control and a kid got hit (just after the cops went off duty - they stay longer now)? People bring their kids here (as I understand it) because they can hit a lot of houses quickly (without a lot of walking, and with most houses giving out candy). I'm sure some don't have an option, and I do want kids to have a place to trick-or-treat. My point was that, as a resident of the neighborhood, the whole things is a bit disruptive and overwhelming and I, therefore, choose not to participate. To be a Halloween grinch, I have better things to do than stand at my door giving out bags of candy for 5 hours. Our neighbors had a final count of over 1900. That's excessive by any standards.

As we were coming home from picking up takeout food (late - after 9), we saw a group of teenagers (?) wearing jeans and hoodies, and carrying plastic grocery bags. No idea how old they actually were, but they seemed to be hitting every single house (even those with the lights out).

[rebeccaC]

I don't care how old they are......cuz i ate it all before they came

[Pax]

i don't care how old they are......cuz i ate it all before they came :d

lol!!!

[smilingcat]

older kids (teens) not from my neighborhood gets "lump of coal" and only one piece.

Kids from the neighborhood get the more desireable candy. I would even ask what they want. And usually I give them extra.

[Pax]

older kids (teens) not from my neighborhood gets "lump of coal" and only one piece.

Kids from the neighborhood get the more desireable candy. I would even ask what they want. And usually I give them extra.

My neighbor decided to be generous one year, he told the second or third kid of the night "take what you want", the kid dumped the entire bowl into his bag and ran away. Trick or Treating done at that house in five minutes.

[AppleTree]

My neighbor decided to be generous one year, he told the second or third kid of the night "take what you want", the kid dumped the entire bowl into his bag and ran away. Trick or Treating done at that house in five minutes.

WTH??? I've heard of people leaving out a bowl of candy on their doorstep with a sign telling them to take "just one"....yeah right. I can't even imagine over 1000 kids coming to my door, if that happens we are leaving for the night. Interesting to read how different everyone's experience has been. I LOVE getting the kids and I make up little individual bags and maybe put a little sticker or toy ring or something similar inside some years. I couldn't do that if we had such numbers. Last year I was in Florida and saw for the first time more kids going door to door....not walking, but being driven by their parents. What is the fun of that? My folks live in a country club neighborhood, so most of the kids were from other areas. The irony was, most of the older folks who live in that area close up their house and go away for the night, they don't want to be bothered with it.

One story I saw on the news before Halloween which was rather disturbing... they did a survey which indicated that a bigger percentage of kids trick or treating preferred money over candy... MONEY! Who in their right mind would start giving out money? That's not trick or treating that is extortion...can you just see the thugs going door to door for money?? And what if you were only giving nickels and they wanted quarters...even if you gave out dimes and you had 1000 kids...(going to my pocket calculator) $100 right there. I guess you might spend that much on candy, but I could see it getting out of hand.