Is trick or treating dead?

[DWC]

We’ve only had one kid so far and the neighborhood is a ghost town?

 

[JFMFG]

We’ve only had one kid so far and the neighborhood is a ghost town?

It just got dark.

 

[Singleton]

3 groups so far, on average 5 kids in a group

 

[Bobby V]

It just got dark.

Yep. Just had 10 kids come to the garage.

 

[DWC]

I might have the “old neighborhood”. It did just get dark but there’s no one up/down the block.

 

[phuggit]

Weve had about five groups so far. Mostly young kids.

 

[Not So Fast]

dONT HHINK IN THIS TIME AND AGE iD LET MY YOUNGIN'S EAT ANY THING GIVEN TO THEM, YOU JUST CNT CHANCE IT IMHO

 

[Ziggy]

First group that came to our house was 20+ kids & a handful of others since.
Our hood has been transitioning to new young families as several OGers have passed on.

 

[500bbc]

At least 60 here

 

[Javajoe]

Slower every year. Not like when we were young. I think we got maybe 20 last year. Wife gets up. I relax

 

[Joker]

We turn the lights off. Tired of seeing bus loads of kids with real mustaches from Santa Ana knocking on the door.

 

[JB in so cal]

Mission viejo. One family. 2 littles

 

[bilz]

Not in the hood, we've had at least 93
Kids. No hot mom's like last year

 

[phuggit]

My oldest stayed home to hand out candy.

 

[bilz]

128 now

 

[bilz]

 

[beerrun]

Maybe 20

 

[bilz]

And we are out.
Well over 200 kids and more are coming.
Lights out!

 

[elco]

Pretty non stop at my place, getting close to running out of candy.

 

[Bpracing1127]

About 60-70 kids for us in St. George

 

[Singleton]

We have now gone an hour without anyone.
Last visit was 633

 

[mjc]

There are way to many on McCullough and going down mesquite all the cars parked in every available piece of dirt.

 

[TrollerDave]

3 teenagers and then 1 kid in the last hour. Got home at 6:30 and probably missed some. Saddest year yet. The city park is having a big festival, carnival rides and what looks like 2 hot air balloons.

I went to the house across the street and bartered cookies for candy.

 

[coolchange]

Is it dead?
How we roll in Simi

 

[monkeyswrench]

Last house was like Main Street Disneyland. Wall to Wall people from everywhere bused in. Moved out here, and there is still trick or treating in town, but not out our way.

Always was a tradition, we'd carve pumpkins as a family, and light them just for display. Last year, the wheels fell off, so this year, no pumpkins. Maybe, eventually, there will be grandkids. For now though, the house is kind of sad.

Damnit though, the good news is the candy should go on sale tomorrow!

 

[coolchange]

 

[coolchange]

This was a Star Wars themed rock band in the driveway

And one had a haunted garage in the dark with a guy revving a gas chain saw and would run out chasing people.
Some streets with hundreds of people.

 

[TrollerDave]

Last house was like Main Street Disneyland. Wall to Wall people from everywhere bused in. Moved out here, and there is still trick or treating in town, but not out our way.

Always was a tradition, we'd carve pumpkins as a family, and light them just for display. Last year, the wheels fell off, so this year, no pumpkins. Maybe, eventually, there will be grandkids. For now though, the house is kind of sad.

Damnit though, the good news is the candy should go on sale tomorrow!

Yeah, those teenage years, awesome for the kids, sad for the parents.
Mine are 18 and 19 and at parties. I guess that’s a good thing.

 

[Caydens Cat]

Double doors open and probably served a 100 kids so far. Watching football and pool games. Cocktails in hand, lol.

 

[bilz]

A hunch back clown walking around with a gas chain saw firing it up. No chain, but stihl.
He chase a teen girl until the girls dad just pointed a finger at him.
He shut it off and ran down the street. He's gonna get his ass beat.

 

[Luvnlife]

I like all the houses decorated but I think mostly it’s changed to trunk and treat.

 

[HNL2LHC]

There are way to many on McCullough and going down mesquite all the cars parked in every available piece of dirt.
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Our lot was full. Next event we are charging a fee…. . Shocked that we didn’t connect. It seams like I can’t go anywhere in town without seeming you these days. I might have to come check out the progress of your shaggin’ wagon.

 

[oldboatsrule]

At least 300 kids in the last 2 hours. Out of candy, lights out.

Only one dropped the candy and ran

 

[attitude]

First Halloween at our new place. We had a group of about 30 people, decent amount of other groups out.

It seems to be very age dependent on the neighborhood Young families like to buy new houses, the newer the neighborhood I’m in the more kids.

 

[CoolCruzin]

Well not one kid came .
Last year the same
Not like it was years ago
Bring on a cul-de-sac and in the hills makes it not desirable area .

 

[Desert Whaler]

Only 3 groups showed here . . . so I loaded them up !!!

 

[DWC]

Somehow ended up with a pretty good group Guessing 80-100 ish. Wife was giving handfuls to the first groups. Told her to back down when it started to get busy.

 

[Wayn-o]

Not 1 here. No street lights or sidewalks can make hit or miss. I pour the big mug of change in a bag. If they show up, I let them reach in and grab a handfull of change. They get like 47 cents and run out telling mom they got money. Kids happy, mom is happy because they didnt get candy, and I didnt spend a bucnh of money on candy im stuck with.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Yeah, those teenage years, awesome for the kids, sad for the parents.
Mine are 18 and 19 and at parties. I guess that’s a good thing.

The oldest is working tonight, took a shift because a coworker had to put their dog down. She's 20, and has a Halloween party tomorrow night (college kids nowadays don't have calenders I guess?) 16yo went out with his girlfriend, "trick or treating", a few couples and younger siblings. He's kind of the "security" for the youngers. My older boy, just turned 18, he's not big on crowds or the whole "fright nite" stuff. Mom picked him up from an appointment, and they picked up Del Taco on the way home.

The only thing constant is change

 

[lbhsbz]

We had a pretty busy night in LB

 

[DrunkenSailor]

Took the kids out we had one Street in our neighborhood that only had 3 houses handing out candy out of 20. People have forgotten that trick is still part of trick or treat....

 

[Angler]

We had 6, twice as many as last year...

Just got 2 more... I guess the Kids don't like to walk in the hills..

 

[Albert]

About 20-30 kids here and 4 midgets …

 

[BabyRay]

We had 3 groups, for a total of 11 kids. The last group made out like bandits.

 

[Backlash]

We got SLAMMED!! I passed out over $700 in candy.......in less than 3 hours!!

It's a madhouse and we love it!!

 

[Long Way Home]

I am an HB, Adams and Magnolia, hundreds and hundreds of kids nonstop. Out of candy time to turn the lights off…..

 

[rrrr]

We got SLAMMED!! I passed out over $700 in candy.......in less than 3 hours!!

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It's a madhouse and we love it!!

That's way cool. It must have been huge fun.

We havent seen any kids out here on our county road in the two Halloweens we've lived here.

Back 20-25 years ago in Plano we decorated the yard and had dozens of little ones coming by. Seeing the joy of those children in their costumes and the excitement when getting big handfuls of candy gave us a glow that lasted for days. What a shame the tradition seems to be dying out.

 

[JL95]

I’d guess we got 250+ visit. Busy as the last 4 years I’ve been here. I think 2020 may have been a bit bigger. Good Halloween

Edit: still getting people at 9:55 albeit stragglers.. didn’t answer the door because they need some common sense lmfao.

 

[4Waters]

Is it dead?
How we roll in Simi
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My buddy handed out 350 full size candy bars, one per kid. Top of First St.

 

[scottchbrite]

We are in Murrieta. We went to one of the nearby housing tracts, Copper Canyon, (we are rural and without neighbors ) to hangout with oldest daughters friends families. I’ve never seen anything like it. They closed off streets, block parties, kids everywhere, trump flags, and even the PD and fire department were there handing out candy. I’ve never seen anything like it. I didn’t even have to bring my own beer.