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[Allforce]

Bunch of churches around here, like Mega Churches, do something called Trunk Or Treat where people just park their cars and give candy out of the trunk. It's more for little kids because it's less walking and safer but they're open to everyone who wants to go.

Personally I think it's lazy and done more to appease terrified parents who think everyone is out to get their precious angels, but it's still an option for people.

 

[Enduin]

Depends on the situation. I grew up in middle of nowhere CT. 90% of the residents in my town lived very spread out from one another and only a few legit neighborhood blocks existed in my town, so everyone congregated there on Halloween to trick or treat. That was the only way for most people to experience it, and those residents were very accommodating and understanding. It was a community event.

But I can understand people, rich or not, who see a serious influx of people from out of the area getting a little annoyed. Obviously it's just kids and if they're not actually causing problems, being rude or leaving trash then you should probably just let it go, suck it up and give them the candy and be done with it. It's not that huge an issue to worry about otherwise.

If you live in an area like I grew up in, or in a very urban area where most people live in apartments which aren't very Halloween friendly there's not much you can do about it other than to go to a more traditional neighborhood. But if you don't you really should be trying to have Halloween where you live and not crash some other communities event.

 

[Doran902]

She doesn't care about the candy or the price. Shes all "How dare these plebs cross the bay, jump the hedges and gates and enter our kingdom!" "We cannot stand for this!"

 

[Mupod]

I used to trick or treat in 'rich' neighbourhoods because my friends all lived in them, I went to school in a neighbouring town because the only school in mine had closed down. I'm not fucking going out by myself. Also I grew up in a northern ontario trailer park, a significant percentage of my neighbours were drunk assholes with nasty dogs.

The community we would drive out and trick or treat in was relatively new, it had been built in the past 10 years so everyone there was reasonably well off. There were a lot of families with young kids. Most importantly it seemed like everyone around there absolutely loved halloween, the decorations were some intense shit. But yeah, part of it was a safety thing - it wasn't crowded but there were a lot of adults around supervising the really young kids.

I remember my friends and I got greedy one year and decided to go to the REALLY rich neighbourhood. It backfired somewhat because some of them weren't expecting kids, and didn't have candy. Still had fun though.

 

[Woody Invincible]

Bunch of churches around here, like Mega Churches, do something called Trunk Or Treat where people just park their cars and give candy out of the trunk. It's more for little kids because it's less walking and safer but they're open to everyone who wants to go.

Personally I think it's lazy and done more to appease terrified parents who think everyone is out to get their precious angels, but it's still an option for people.

That's exactly what they do in my neck of the woods.

 

[The Elite]

She doesn't care about the candy or the price. Shes all "How dare these plebs cross the bay, jump the hedges and gates and enter our kingdom!" "We cannot stand for this!"

Her neighbours must not have a problem with it. There is a reason the kids keep coming.

 

[Doran902]

Her neighbours must not have a problem with it. There is a reason the kids keep coming.

Who would honestly care about giving some kids candy though? It makes me happy to see them happy. I can see being worried that some shitty teenagers are going to show up and break shit / vandalize stuff though.

 

[Makonero]

Because my family lived in the boonies, we always had to go to town to trick or treat. Many years we'd go to a carnival put on in a school gym, which was fun because there were games and such that you would play to win candy. Plenty of options for kids these days, but finding a safe neighborhood to trick or treat in is certainly a good option.

 

[Saganator]

Her neighbours must not have a problem with it. There is a reason the kids keep coming.

I also have a feeling if the kids from other areas stopped coming, she'd be complaining about how almost no one comes to their door anymore and Halloween is now a bore.

 

[KarmaCow]

Halloween isn’t a social service or a charity in which I have to buy candy for less fortunate children. Obviously this makes me feel like a terrible person, because what’s the big deal about making less fortunate kids happy on a holiday? But it just bugs me, because we already pay more than enough taxes toward actual social services. Should Halloween be a neighborhood activity, or is it legitimately a free-for-all in which people hunt down the best candy grounds for their kids?

Wow that went straight into crazy town pretty quick for a topic about giving free candy to kids.

 

[NateGrigs]

I grew up in the "rich" suburb of a crappy city and this happened every year. The funny thing is that the out of town kids were always much nicer and more respectful than the locals.

 

[Bacon]

Seems like a complete non issue. It's just fucking candy

 

[BloodMoney]

Poor Kids... what a bunch of assholes.
/s

 

[Shanlei91]

I always trick or treated in neighborhoods wealthier than mine. I don't want no loose pieces of candy corn, gimmie snickers and dollar bills please.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I live in a rich neighborhood and I don't care. It's just candy. What's a bag of candy cost, $30? It's not a big deal and won't break you.

 

[EightBitNate]

Doctors and lawyers have "modest" income.

Lol Wtf

 

[captive]

It's just candy, sheesh.

You would think they were being forced to give out gold bars the way these miserable fucks complain about it. People are so fucking selfish and stupid.

really its not about the candy. This happened in my neighborhood growing up literally cars and truck loads of kids piling out. its like really?

Ha! No i completely agree, I basically feel that they preetty much owe it to their community the same way as the other homes in their town do. If you live in a neighborhood that is more clean, better lit, full of larger homes than in other parts of town (and thus more likely to have more people inside hence more likely to give out candy)... you have to know that you are inviting this kind of attention on Halloween. Probably same goes for Carolers on Christmas too but, I really don't know. Never lived in such a neighborhood.

but heres the thing, what defines where the community is? If you have to truck your kids somewhere to trick or treat because its too far to walk, you're probably not a part of the community.


My rule is you have to be wearing a costume though. Unfortunately the neighborhood my wife and I live in no one seems to trick or treat. I dont know if its because the neighborhood is heavily asian and they dont do the halloween thing or if they are going to another neighborhood or some community event. We live literally a block away from a very nice elementary school and we see kids all the time in the neighborhood. When we moved, our old neighborhood we would always run out of candy, so we thought moving to a nicer neighborhood we would get even more, 2+ years later we still have the candy from the first year we lived there.
its disappointing cause i love halloween.

 

[Cagey]

I grew up in an upper-middle class town, but in the comparatively poor section of the town (think a blue collar development in a town with several McMansion developments). We knew the rich neighborhoods in town to hit up for the best candy. Full sized Kit-Kat and Twix, baby.

No one thought we weren't from the area, however. Probably because we weren't black or Hispanic. Which I'm going to guess is the problem for Ms. There Goes the Neighborhood here.

 

[Toa TAK]

What the hell? Who actually thinks about this? This is the first time this "issue" has ever been brought to mind.

If there are kids on your doorstep trick or treating, give 'em candy. It really is that simple.

Amazing. Way to get into the spirit of Halloween.

 

[Nabbis]

Doctors and lawyers have "modest" income.

Lol Wtf

Yeah, they have. Not sure about lawyers but when it comes to MDs, it's not all that great after taxes and other deductibles.

The middle class in USA has been in decline for 4 decades now.

But as for the topic itself... I find it really hilarious how anyone would even care about that. It's not like shes forced to give candy or will face financial trouble because of it. Seems like a vanity thing.

 

[Drazgul]

Doctors and lawyers have "modest" income.

Lol Wtf

It's all relative you know. Making $200k a year tends to lose its luster if all your acquaintances are making $1M+.

 

[AtomskEater]

Yeah, in my neighborhood there is a lack of trick or treaters, probably because one of the last years before we stopped giving candy we noticed that almost every house on our block had their lights off. We got maybe two-three kids that night.

Hell, when I went toting years ago in the same area there were some years that it was really slim pickings. So I can't blame people for getting their kids to areas that are more festive, safer, and actually hand things out.

Of course they should not destroy or steal decorations (and you should be free to deny uncostumed adults candy ), but in the end it is just candy and you're making some kid's holiday better.

Edit: I actually really miss toting. ;-;

 

[sixteen-bit]

how can they even get in ur gated community tho?

 

[clearacell]

I would have a problem giving candy out to non neighborhood kids. But then again, I am poor.

 

[RoadDogg]

They way that is wordy is pretty douchey, but the issue has nothing to do with being rich. My development gets swapped with van loads of kids from neighboring areas for halloween because it simply has a higher density of houses to walk to. There are roughly 150 houses in our development and I would say less then 1/3 have kids at all. But the first few years we lived here we easily had 300+ kids. That shit isn't fair to me because it is impossible to prepare for. We ran out of candy the first year within an hour. I had more the next year but I don't see how it is my responsibility to buy candy for the entire fucking state.

They are at least well behaved for the most part. I only had 1 set of teenagers try and come around multiple times but I called them out on it and they ran away. The last 2 years we were out trick or treating with our son so I didn't have to give anything out which was nice. We might leave a bowl this year and let some kid be a dick and take it all.

I know one or two towns near me actually provide resident children with wrist bands so people can identify who is from their town to give candy to. I think there were enough old people complaining that they can't afford buying all that candy.

 

[CadetMahoney]

how can they even get in ur gated community tho?

I loled.

 

[Jarnet87]

My old neighborhood gets crazy packed for Halloween most years. it's not anything fancy just a nice little neighborhood that's safe and a lot of people get into the spirit of the holiday. Was nice being able to trick or treat at home growing up. I imagine it's more teens that would want to hunt for rich neighborhoods while parents want to look for a safe place to take their children.

 

[J10]

Just don't open your door for the kids, you fucking sociopath.

 

[Goro Majima]

In the late 80s, early 90s we always hit up the nicer beach houses in Milwaukee because they always gave out full size candy bars. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the holiday and thought it was a fun time. To be fair I could walk there and we were all white kids in a predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood though. I don't remember hearing any stories about van loads of 15 kids pulling up for the good stuff or anything. Worst case scenario were teenagers out trick or treating and some people complained that they were too old.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Just buy a limited amount of candy and have first come first serve. If the kids in the rich neighborhoods get a late start and get less candy, that's on them.

 

[Vicetrailia]

Forget rich neighborhoods, college campuses and surrounding area POUR candy. When I moved to Ames Iowa and did my halloweening at Iowa State University I started taking laundry bags. I'd get like 15 lbs of candy, take it to school and give it away like water.

 

[FriedConsole]

Yeah we went to the wealthy neighborhood as a kid. Mom said we would get razor blades in our own neighborhood. I live in a wealthy neighborhood and yeah the cars come in and you can see them parked on the streets. I don't care as long as their kids. Fuck teenagers.

My coworker complains about this year round. He says he has two sets of candy. One for kids in his neighborhood and a crappy candy pot for outsiders. I assume he can tell which kids are what by skin color.

Forget rich neighborhoods, college campuses and surrounding area POUR candy. When I moved to Ames Iowa and did my halloweening at Iowa State University I started taking laundry bags. I'd get like 15 lbs of candy, take it to school and give it away like water.

I hope you were 12 or under. Seriously teenagers and adults who trick or treat can eat a dick.

 

[disco]

Well that's life. If you have unequal income disparity, you have charity and the awkward social realities that come with it. These kids aren't stupid, the children's opportunistic greed hardly equates to the greed of the horrible wealthy person who wrote that letter. Give out buckets of sweets, it'll hardly equate to the shored up staid wealth resident and embodied in a rich neighbourhood.

 

[Risible]

Nothing wrong with going to another neighborhood for trick or treating. The key is to be respectful and polite. It's something nice that someone is doing for you, not some sort of right of yours to get candy.

I've been on both sides of the fence. My old neighborhood had a dense concentration of houses so people came there all the time and we never minded handing out candy except for the rare times when bunches of people came acting like total douches, making snide comments and walking all over people's bushes and shit.

My current house is in a nice neighborhood but it's way too hilly, so we travel over to the flat portion of the neighborhood. Everyone does it and no one minds, because everyone is mindful of the fact that we are guest in other people's places.

 

[Dude Abides]

Unless your neighborhood is unsafe or doesn't do trick or treat, driving to another neighborhood is tacky as hell.

 

[Omegasquash]

If you don't want to give out candy, turn your goddamn light off. If you only want to give out candy on Halloween to people of similar socio-economic status, then they're elitist fucks.

As an aside, I've always had a fantasy about a honey showing up at my door in a sexy costume and asking for some "candy." Maybe I should talk with my wife...

Unless your neighborhood is unsafe or doesn't do trick or treat, driving to another neighborhood is tacky as hell.

My platinum blonde daughter and her read headed cousin (2 years old, the both of 'em) are going as Elsa and Anna. I'm driving to their neighborhood because they live in a better spot for it.

 

[Laieon]

I lived in a pretty safe, middle class area in Houston. For the past 10 years or so, we've maybe gotten 2 or 3 trick or treaters on Halloween. I legitimately feel like it's dying off in my area. Some parents might take their kids to churches and do trick or treating there, but for the most part nobody even really bothers anymore.

I'd love to see a ton of kids in costumes swarming my neighborhood, it sounds significantly less depressing.

 

[Dude Abides]

My platinum blonde daughter and her read headed cousin (2 years old, the both of 'em) are going as Elsa and Anna. I'm driving to their neighborhood because they live in a better spot for it.

Going with family/friends is legit as well. Leaving your neighborhood for no other reason than you think you'll get more/better candy elsewhere is weak.

 

[A Human Becoming]

That's my experience. A lot of people from apartments do it. Mainly I think because apartment dwellers are single, hate kids and don't give out candy.
Sometimes you'll see a minivan pull up with what seems like 70-80 kids. That's when you panic, because there's no way you prepared for that many kids. My solution for a while was to reach into my empty bowl, pretend to put something in the bag, while grabbing a few candies from the kid's bag. You can get through the night doing that. It's not the greatest feeling, but it works.

That's great. I'll remember that for the future.

 

[King Cobra]

This is why I live in a community where you can only come in if you are invited.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

That's great. I'll remember that for the future.

I'm telling you. It works. Kids at that age are idiots.
Saved my ass many times.

 

[anarckitty]

I'm one of the rare breed of people who enjoys making goodie bags for our neighborhood trick or treaters. I like to give the kids a nice selection of candy. The usual bag includes a blow pop, 3 musketeer, kit kat, snickers, and twix.

 

[Flo_Evans]

My neighbors always have a huge display and party in their front yard. See people driving around minivans packed with kids every year.

I love it though, feels like a block party. The more kids the better.

 

[N.Domixis]

When I was young I remember one rich neighborhood had a house giving out new Super Mario bros Delux! He had a whole box full of them, it was amazing.

 

[Omegasquash]

I'm one of the rare breed of people who enjoys making goodie bags for our neighborhood trick or treaters. I like to give the kids a nice selection of candy. The usual bag includes a blow pop, 3 musketeer, kit kat, snickers, and twix.

 

[Vanillalite]

Get it all the time where I live. We are generally cool with it, but when we run out we run out. I'm not going back out to get more candy because a ton of kids come in.

I'm off mixed opinion on this idea. The woman in the OP goes fucking off the rails, and that annoys me. That being said I'd like to do tricker or treat for my community. If you have to come so far as the next county over like 45 mins away then I'm kinda like ehhhh.

I also hate it when they haul in like 50 kids together. It's one thing if it's a couple of kids being brought over by their parents, but it sucks when some dude has a trailer bed full of like 50 kids that all go up to a house at once. Feels like they are abusing my good will of not giving a shit and always giving out candy every year to kids.\

It also makes it more a hassle because you get a ton more motor traffic on the roads to watch out for vs just kids and their parents walking around the neighboor they are from. So you have a lot more to have to watch out for with so much motor traffic safety wise.

PS: GAF probably gonna hate me, but whatevs.

 

[Rootbeer]

When I was young I remember one rich neighborhood had a house giving out new Super Mario bros Delux! He had a whole box full of them, it was amazing.

Yes, that is pretty amazing. It shouldn't be a shock why people go to the more well-off neighborhoods. The potential for above average handouts is there.

Do you think anyone ever gave away copies of E.T. for the Atari back in the day?

 

[terrisus]

I really didn't know it could be such a huge problem for well-off neighborhoods

It's a combination of that, and also areas that are easily walkable/with houses close together.

I know I would hear of people living in cul-de-sacs and such who would put out hundreds of dollars for Halloween candy. People would drive their children to the area from miles away, just because it was an easy place to walk around.

Meanwhile, despite living in a fairly well-to-do area, we never got any Trick-or-Treaters, since we were at the end of a dead-end road with only a couple of houses on it.

 

[yongeandcollege]

You either (i) decide to participate and give candy to kids in costumes - regardless of where they're from, or (ii) you opt out by turning off your lights.

This seems like such a petty thing to complain. The comparison between giving out "sour patch kids" and social assistance is nonsensical.

 

[DominoKid]

rich neighborhoods have better candy. they also have better christmas lights too which is why they have to deal w/ a bunch of traffic then too.

When I was young I remember one rich neighborhood had a house giving out new Super Mario bros Delux! He had a whole box full of them, it was amazing.

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