OT: Trick or Treating in Your Neighborhood

[zappaa]

Lots of kids out in Montclair, but only on certain streets.
It's been reduced to parental chaperoning and no independence for kids.
Can you imagine Yogi out walking with me on Halloween? Lol

 

[srru86]

I live in a nice, self-contained area of a very safe and relatively affluent town that would seem to be prime trick or treating territory. But between our elderly neighbors, who don't give out candy, and the number of parents out trick or treating with their own kids, almost no one answered their doors except us. Little by little over the years, we started getting less and less visitors. Kids and their parents figure out the most efficient, high reward routes to take, and we aren't on it, to my wife's disappointment. We had about 10 visits this year, yet we could hear gangs of kids about a block away.

Same thing when I lived in Westfield. I lived on a block that was for reasons you mentioned above largely bypassed by the kids. While Dudley Avenue, a prime street with many houses that were decorated like some do for Christmas was crowded with what seemed to kids from all over Union County. It was like a street party.

 

[76Scarlet]

My neighborhood in Baltimore (Fed. Hill area) looked busy. I got home about 8pm from a weekend trip. Some trick or treaters actually knocked on my door after 9pm. which I did not answer. They really should wrap it up between 8 and 8:30 in IMHO.

 

[Cheesesteak Vegas]

Block parties abound in South Philly, and tons of kids. Went through a couple of hundred pieces of candy in just a few hours.

 

[RU_Planning]

I never knew Trunk or Treat was a thing....depressing

You learn so many things for this board!

 

[RUBubba]

Lots of it in Hillsborough. We had 20 kids in our "group" plus parents pulling wagons with coolers of beer & wine.

 

[Source]

There was a documentary a few years back on the history of Halloween. Door-to-door trick or treating actually started in the years following WWII. Before then, it was Halloween parties and dances. And now, inspired by safety concerns, Halloween is returning to its old ways of celebration. Houses have a lot more lights up (and earlier) for Halloween now than I remember growing up.

They also had a documentary on Mischief Night (or Goosey Night or Hell Night, etc.) THAT was an eye opener. Kids were setting fires to buildings back in the 1920s and 1930s and the police forces had to intervene and tamp down those October 30th nights. Nothing happened this time around since we got a pretty good rain storm on Sunday afternoon and school in the following morning.

Oh yeah.... yesterday was All Saints Day!

 

[RUsince52]

I am in Lambertville. It is an insane Halloween town. My wife and I gave away over 1200 pieces of candy (for the most part 1 piece per kid). The kids are non stop for 4 hours.

My brother-in-law lives there and it's always been crazy. Our nephews are now at college, but he still decorates his house which is on the parade route. Real Halloween spirit.

 

[gef21]

My brother-in-law lives there and it's always been crazy. Our nephews are now at college, but he still decorates his house which is on the parade route. Real Halloween spirit.

Yeah our house is right on the main route. We decorate the house like crazy, have a big Halloween party, and hand out a ton of candy. There are even certain houses (if you know which ones) that will give booze to the parents but you have to ask specifically.

 

[JMORC2003]

Lots of it in Hillsborough. We had 20 kids in our "group" plus parents pulling wagons with coolers of beer & wine.

Never realized the whole grown ups drinking part of it. We had a few in our group last year, but didn't realize it was a thing. This year I saw just as many red cups as I did kids with pillow cases.

 

[Scarlet_Monster]

Had maybe about 13 kids in North Brunswick.

Made a mistake buying candy at Costco. We'll have enough leftover until Easter.

 

[RutgersUnion]

We live on the UES which is very family oriented so the streets were packed. Blows away anything I experienced growing up in the suburbs. A few of the blocks get shutdown and they have DJs and some other events outside. My building is about 200 units so we had a pretty decent amount of kids come to the door.

 

[vkj91]

I never knew Trunk or Treat was a thing....depressing

You learn so many things for this board!

It's really not. It's being blown out of proportion by same people on this board. It's not on Halloween and it's a good opportunity to build school spirit and the kids to get together.

 

[gef21]

It's really not. It's being blown out of proportion by same people on this board. It's not on Halloween and it's a good opportunity to build school spirit and the kids to get together.

Its good for communities that are very rural too. A bunch of towns around Lambertville do this because the kids could not go trick or treating in their communities. But they are all done not on Halloween and then all the kids come into Lambertville.

 

[RUJohnny99]

We have 3 waves every year. The first wave is the little kids with their parents, from about 3:30-sundown. Probably about 30 kids. Then after dinner the middle school & up kids went around. Probably about 50-75. Then around 8 the older kids come around. Maybe 10-15. My kids have caught on to the fact if you go out around 8, people are willing to just about dump their bowls into your bag. Between the three kids, they came home at 9 with enough candy to nearly fill a 50 quart cooler. They hustled the streets from 4 to 9.

 

[RUfinal4]

I got home from work around 6:30pm and had like 4-5 groups of kids. My wife was home around 5 and said she had a steady stream of kids. We had bought one of the 144 piece bags from BJs and had left overs. i think it will vary from year to year based on the day of the week and weather.

A weekend Halloween with nice weather will always be good. Midweek will suffer since smaller kids need a chaperone and older kids may have after school activities. There was an 8:30pm curfew in my town so kids couldn't be out too late.

 

[kjb32812]

I live in a relatively small, kid infested development in Ohio. We have 37 houses on our side and then there is another development on the other side (connected) with about the same. It's quiet, safe and mostly cul-de-sacs with no direct pass through road so it is a great place to Trick or Treat. About 1/2 the houses also give out full size or king size bars so we get quite a bit of kiddos.

I take my 5 yo and the wife stays back to pass out candy. I was really disappointed in the number of dark houses we had this year and made a comment about it to my wife when I got home. There are always two or three small groups that get together, put out a fire pit, booze it up and have huge tubs of candy that they tell the kids to go to town on.

We are one of three houses at the end of our cul-de-sac and the two others didn't hand out so we didn't get as many kids as we would have liked. I think next year I'm going to set up shop with a fire pit in the middle of the cul-de-sac so we get more.

 

[RUBigFrank]

I think a lot of it has to do with the age of a neighborhood. When our development was built around twenty years ago - we would be inundated with trick or treaters - families would drive to our neighborhood to trick or treat. As other developments were built - reports were that the trick or treaters migrated to newer areas. We still get a good bunch of tricksters - but not what it used to be once the resident kids got older.

 

[StyleKnight]

I live in a townhouse development. The houses are so close together I would think it would be a prime trick or treating spot but I only got 6 kids. Not sure what neighborhood the kids go to in Old Bridge most of the subdivision neighborhoods are spread out and would be a lot of walking.

 

[RUsince52]

Yeah our house is right on the main route. We decorate the house like crazy, have a big Halloween party, and hand out a ton of candy. There are even certain houses (if you know which ones) that will give booze to the parents but you have to ask specifically.

He usually has his front porch decked out like a pirate ship with all the extras. Corner of Delaware and N. Union. Almost like an open house for people they know.

 

[mildone]

One year, the year my wife dressed up as a hooker, I dressed as a rolled up hundred dollar bill on a mirror, and we dressed the kids as little baggies full of white powder.

 

[RU-05]

We had 3 kids here in Lincroft.

No. That is not a typo. 3 kids. Period.

It's a shame trick or treating is not what is used to be. It was always good for a few laughs to see what the kids where wearing.

You guys are too spread out and seperated one neighborhood from another.

Leonardo and Atlantic Highlands seemed to have a good amount of kids out there.

LARGE packs of kids too.

 

[gef21]

He usually has his front porch decked out like a pirate ship with all the extras. Corner of Delaware and N. Union. Almost like an open house for people they know.

I know exactly where that is. I am down a bit near Arnette.

 

[OntheBanks]

We had a grand total of 5 and 3 of them came at one time. There are not too many young kids in the neighborhood. But driving around other neighborhoods there were plenty of kids out there.

 

[badger74]

300+ in 2 hours in Lynchburg Virginia. Many come by bus/car from the "other" side of town. We ran out before 8pm and live up a steep hill that keeps some away. But full-sized bars attract many as word spreads.

 

[Blitz8RUCrazy]

Halloween is just an excuse for a bunch of unemployed lowlifes to ask for free handouts... It is sickening... Social welfare at its finest... :flush:

If they want food so badly why don't they go out and get jobs like regular, honest, hard working Americans?

Hopefully Trump puts a stop to this disgraceful practice when he becomes president. :chairshot:

 

[RUnTeX]

My neighborhood in Baltimore (Fed. Hill area) looked busy. I got home about 8pm from a weekend trip. Some trick or treaters actually knocked on my door after 9pm. which I did not answer. They really should wrap it up between 8 and 8:30 in IMHO.

Small world....I used to live on Fort Avenue in Fed Hill, 2008-2011. Moved about 1/2 hour south to AA County due to my wife's commute. How long have you been there?

 

[Armor and Sword]

PA Philly suburbs. Seemed to be fewer than usual this year. Still had candy left, everything ended just before 8. Previous years had a few kids up to 8:15 8:30.

I wouldn't want to be a kid trick or treating in this day and age. I recall going from 4PM to 8 or 9PM. Now its 6 to 8 and with adult supervision. But I think it is more fun for the adults today. No adults followed their kids around with cups of beer, wine in the 70s and 80s. No adults I recall got dressed up at the door or did pit fires in the front yard either.

 

[RUsince52]

300+ in 2 hours in Lynchburg Virginia. Many come by bus/car from the "other" side of town. We ran out before 8pm and live up a steep hill that keeps some away. But full-sized bars attract many as word spreads.

Was it the Magabus ? They do Halloween excursions, cheap.

 

[zappaa]

One year, the year my wife dressed up as a hooker, I dressed as a rolled up hundred dollar bill on a mirror, and we dressed the kids as little baggies full of white powder.

I dressed as Leonardo Di Caprio in a Pan Am captains uniform, my wife and two of her friends were my stewardess's.
I was told by everyone I looked a lot like Leo...I slept with all three that night.

 

[Scarlet Jerry]

I decided to go Trick or Treating this year. I got a rock.

-Scarlet Jerry

 

[76Scarlet]

Small world....I used to live on Fort Avenue in Fed Hill, 2008-2011. Moved about 1/2 hour south to AA County due to my wife's commute. How long have you been there?

Quite some time............1988. Actually never planned to be here this long. Where did you live on Fort Avenue? I live on the 1500 block of Riverside Avenue, right near Fort.

Interesting how over the years I had my share of long commutes also (to DC area) but now work at McHenry Row so it's a 10 min. walk to work. About 12 years ago I started working at my current job in Canton and then we moved our offices to McHenry Row in 2010. My job basically moved closer to me.

 

[AshSaturday]

Lots of kids out in Montclair, but only on certain streets.
It's been reduced to parental chaperoning and no independence for kids.
Can you imagine Yogi out walking with me on Halloween? Lol

You'd never wind up with any candy (and maybe lost or dead)-Yogi would see the fork in the road -and take it...

My story this year is at my health club there are two very attractive ladies. One's a level "10" cute young blonde (age 19-21) and hot petite dark skinned (not black) brunette that has level 10 exotic looks (I asked her Halloween night if she's ever been a model-says that she has but the business is skummy). Well the blonde dresses up like a mouse or similar-covering her beautiful face with a costume and makeup bringng her looks down to a "5". The model type looked hot but putting anything else on her face ruins perfection. At the end of the night I had a vibe I had to talk (especially to the younger blonde) that guys may have been disappointed in the costume because they like what they see the other 364 days a year. Coincidentally both were real nice the next night...

 

[RUnTeX]

Quite some time............1988. Actually never planned to be here this long. Where did you live on Fort Avenue? I live on the 1500 block of Riverside Avenue, right near Fort.

Interesting how over the years I had my share of long commutes also (to DC area) but now work at McHenry Row so it's a 10 min. walk to work. About 12 years ago I started working at my current job in Canton and then we moved our offices to McHenry Row in 2010. My job basically moved closer to me.

IIRC, the 1500 block is between Fort and the park. Ha, so it looks like I was on the same 'block' as you, esp. if you were on the east side of Riverside since I was on the south side of Fort, between Riverside and Henry. My wife or I probably parked on that Riverside block many an evening with one of our two cars, since we only had a rear alley parking pad for one car.

It's been a handful of times that we've made it back up to Federal Hill and driven through the old neighborhood, and noticed McHenry Row come quite a ways since most of it lay dormant during the great recession years while I was there. Seems like much of the construction picked back up in 2012 or so. Must be nice to have that walkable commute and a wider variety of retail, etc. that has all come on line in recent years. I imagine the Harris Teeter blows away the Shoppers.

 

[mildone]

You'd never wind up with any candy (and maybe lost or dead)-Yogi would see the fork in the road -and take it...

My story this year is at my health club there are two very attractive ladies. One's a level "10" cute young blonde (age 19-21) and hot petite dark skinned (not black) brunette that has level 10 exotic looks (I asked her Halloween night if she's ever been a model-says that she has but the business is skummy). Well the blonde dresses up like a mouse or similar-covering her beautiful face with a costume and makeup bringng her looks down to a "5". The model type looked hot but putting anything else on her face ruins perfection. At the end of the night I had a vibe I had to talk (especially to the younger blonde) that guys may have been disappointed in the costume because they like what they see the other 364 days a year. Coincidentally both were real nice the next night...

Pics or it never happened. And I really mean that.

 

[76Scarlet]

IIRC, the 1500 block is between Fort and the park. Ha, so it looks like I was on the same 'block' as you, esp. if you were on the east side of Riverside since I was on the south side of Fort, between Riverside and Henry. My wife or I probably parked on that Riverside block many an evening with one of our two cars, since we only had a rear alley parking pad for one car.

It's been a handful of times that we've made it back up to Federal Hill and driven through the old neighborhood, and noticed McHenry Row come quite a ways since most of it lay dormant during the great recession years while I was there. Seems like much of the construction picked back up in 2012 or so. Must be nice to have that walkable commute and a wider variety of retail, etc. that has all come on line in recent years. I imagine the Harris Teeter blows away the Shoppers.

Actually was on the west side of Riverside right smack dab in the middle but hey............close enough we were just about neighbors. I'm wondering though if I actually met you once at an RU game watch at a sports bar/restaurant at Arundel Mills...............about 6 yrs ago. I remember talking to a couple there (maybe you and your wife) and them telling me they lived nearby. Think it might have been you.

Yes, my employer was actually the first tenant at the McHenry Row office complex starting in the fall of 2010. It was still undergoing construction at the time. Harris Teeter is definitely a step or two above Shoppers but still go to Shoppers for various items (generally cheaper).