City of Phoenix - Trick or Treat times

[adriver]

Originally Posted by adriver

No. usually the city does not. From my experience it was always fair game if they left a porch light on.

Originally Posted by DetroitN8V

I've never heard of scheduled trick-or-treating either. The porch light rules.

Originally Posted by wit-nit

The trick or treaters usually start about dusk and go until the adults with them tire out. Teens go on their own until lights out.

Originally Posted by exit2lef

I think that parents who desire the structure of a formal schedule are probably already taking their children to the various "trunk or treat" events sponsored by churches and other organizations. We send our children out after twilight (usually around 6). They usually last an hour. We keep dispensing candy until we're out or until our own kids are ready for bed. Then we turn off the outside lights in front and close the shutters to signal that we're done for the evening. That seems to work fine as an informal approach in our non-HOA neighborhood.

Yeah, kids aren't stupid. They know not to waste times on houses that may be out, or aren't passing out any more candy.

[Colt AZ]

We used to squeeze in an extra day and do Beggars' Night the day before!

[exit2lef]

Not specific to Phoenix, but an interesting stastictical look at trick-or-treating:

"So when should you expect the kids to hit the block? Going by the pluralities here, it would be best to plan for a rush from 6 to 8 p.m."

Here’s When You Should Stop Trick-Or-Treating | FiveThirtyEight

[locolife]

Originally Posted by exit2lef

Not specific to Phoenix, but an interesting stastictical look at trick-or-treating:

"So when should you expect the kids to hit the block? Going by the pluralities here, it would be best to plan for a rush from 6 to 8 p.m."

Here’s When You Should Stop Trick-Or-Treating | FiveThirtyEight

538 is awesome!

[Diane de Poitiers]

In my neighborhood, kids usually start showing up around 6:00, and it dies down around 8:30 or so. But it really depends on whether or not Halloween is on a school night.

[johnp292]

Scheduled times. Scheduled days. Sheesh. What a bunch of baloney. Halloween is Oct 31 and the time is dusk until the porch lights go out.

When I grew up (in NJ) there was never any question about it.

When we lived in PA some towns tried, for God only knows what reason, to "schedule" Trick-or-Treat on other days. All it does is create confusion as some people give out candy on the "scheduled" day and others on actual Halloween. Smart kids would go out both nights.

Talk about government-induced nonsense!

[jmw51882]

Where I grew up, there was trick or treat on Halloween from dark to whenever. Then a 9 year old year girl was kidnapped, and brutally murdered while trick or treating. From then on and currently, trick or treat is the Saturday afternoon, so during daylight, preceding Halloween.