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We get more kids than you'd expect based on the number of houses here. I think it's neat that folks from nearby think so highly of my neighborhood that they prefer to come here over their own.
I kept my child in our neighborhood - walked to the houses, but we did go see specific friends around town - and had to drive there.
I think it is tacky as all get out to load up the car and make the rounds to other neighborhoods to trick or treat, unless there are friends in those neighborhoods that you want your children to specifically greet.
If a person is in a very rural area, there is no way to really go trick or treating without a car.
Having said all that, I think it is ridiculous to load up the car and go marauding in other neighborhoods where you don't even know people -- just so your kids can bring home a pillow case full of bad nutrition.
Call me whatever for feeling that way. It's tacky to hit neighborhoods where you have no friends just to fill up on candy.
This OP likes to call everyone else cheap in post after post - it sounds more and more like a defense mechanism for their own cheapness. If you can't buy an additional bag or 2 of candy for the 1 day out of 365 that Halloween is then you're a cheap scrooge - period.
There are many reasons to go to other neighborhoods, the #1 for us being trick or treating with school friends.
P.S. We like the tradition of candy, but limit what our kids eat from the obscene amount collected. We try to donate about 1/2 of whatever the kids collect and let them eat the other half.
This OP likes to call everyone else cheap in post after post - it sounds more and more like a defense mechanism for their own cheapness. If you can't buy an additional bag or 2 of candy for the 1 day out of 365 that Halloween is then you're a cheap scrooge - period.
There are many reasons to go to other neighborhoods, the #1 for us being trick or treating with school friends.
P.S. We like the tradition of candy, but limit what our kids eat from the obscene amount collected. We try to donate about 1/2 of whatever the kids collect and let them eat the other half.
^ ^ ^ Yes, for most children - it is to dress up and trick or treat with kids they know (and stop by their friends' houses to compare costumes and goodies).
I'm sure some people will like to Trick or Treat in safe areas, even if it includes strolling through other neighborhoods. People should be courteous to " BE KIND AND REWIND" back to their own neighborhood.
Some people aren't able to live in the fancier areas and want more than just A BAG OF CANDY. The gift of giving (candy) will not harm you. you're doing it for the kids, who have no choice as to where they live. give us a break. keep your lights off if you don't want any visitors tonight.
I'm sure some people will like to Trick or Treat in safe areas, even if it includes strolling through other neighborhoods. People should be courteous to " BE KIND AND REWIND" back to their own neighborhood.
Some people aren't able to live in the fancier areas and want more than just A BAG OF CANDY. The gift of giving (candy) will not harm you. you're doing it for the kids, who have no choice as to where they live. give us a break. keep your lights off if you don't want any visitors tonight.
Well in relation to ClevelandMike's other thread, the "best neighborhoods to trick or treat" aren't necessarily the pricier ones, but more so the big ones where the houses are closer together. Neighborhoods like Highland Creek, Moss Creek, Brandon Oaks, Morrison Plantation come to mind.
I'm sure some people will like to Trick or Treat in safe areas, even if it includes strolling through other neighborhoods. People should be courteous to " BE KIND AND REWIND" back to their own neighborhood.
Some people aren't able to live in the fancier areas and want more than just A BAG OF CANDY. The gift of giving (candy) will not harm you. you're doing it for the kids, who have no choice as to where they live. give us a break. keep your lights off if you don't want any visitors tonight.
Actually, people who drive their cars into other people's neighborhoods so their kids can load up on candy (and what do you mean - "just a bag of candy" ???) . . . are making it unsafe in that neighborhood for all the parents and kids out walking from house to house.
I should have made that clear. That is what I am objecting to. If people flock to particular neighborhoods where they do not live . . . then that kind of ruins the nice stroll for the people who DO live there. Instead of walking and enjoying the fun and squeals and scary decorations . . . parents are trying to dodge cars and keep their kids safe.
That is not kind or courteous at all -- to haul your kids into someone else's neighborhood and mess up the evening for the people who actually live there.
In my former neighborhood, we blocked several streets off to through traffic. Brilliant idea and it worked so much better for safety reasons.
In any case . . . Halloween is over now and I hope everyone had a fun, safe evening.
Hundreds of kids on my street in Highland Creek tonight. My kids love it, so do I. I could care less if people drive up and park. When we got tired of giving out candy, we put on the porch in a bowl.
It is the only nigt of the year where it feels like a great big block party. Go Highland Creek! Go Us!
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Originally Posted by GoPhils
Well in relation to ClevelandMike's other thread, the "best neighborhoods to trick or treat" aren't necessarily the pricier ones, but more so the big ones where the houses are closer together. Neighborhoods like Highland Creek, Moss Creek, Brandon Oaks, Morrison Plantation come to mind.
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