Guy Mad Over Kids From Poorer Families Trick-Or-Treating In His Neighborhood Is Told To Check His Privilege
What do you think rich people give trick-or-treaters on Halloween? Their old iPhones? High quality Belgian pralines? Fancy bakery-grade pastries? Or, the dream of every single kid knocking on doors on Halloween, king size candy bars? Oh, it’s almost too much to even consider this!
Trick-or-treating in rich people neighborhoods is almost legendary. Shows even have Halloween episodes dedicated to this. So, no wonder many children are wanting to try their luck doing this themselves. But how do “rich” people feel about this?
You might think, hey, Halloween is all about sharing and scaring so if both of those things are being done, it’s all fine. However, that is not always the case.
The man in this story feels a little off about all sorts of kids invading his neighborhood. Is that a fair judgement? Or is it a bit of a jerk thing to say? See how people reacted to his rant on the Am I the [Jerk] subreddit.
We all dream of getting a full-sized candy bar on Halloween. But how far would you go to get one?
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The man in this story thinks that some parents are going a bit too far. That’s both in a literal and metaphorical sense
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This might not be an uncommon complaint
The author is not the first person to complain about trick-or-treaters “invading” rich neighborhoods. Back in 2014, a Dear Prudence letter with a similar sentiment caused so much outrage, it went viral. In it, a woman that lives on a “modest” street in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the US complained about kids from “less fortunate areas” coming in to trick-or-treat there. She felt it was “inappropriate.”
Prudence’s answer was quite on point and applauded by many who wrote countless opinion pieces about the matter later on. “Your whine makes me kind of wish that people from the actual poor side of town come this year not with scary costumes but with real pitchforks,” the response read. “Stop being callous and miserly and go to Costco, you cheapskate, and get enough candy to fill the bags of the kids who come one day a year to marvel at how the 1 percent live.”
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Majority of people, though, are more than excited about giving out candy to all
While one shouldn’t expect that going to a rich neighborhood will result in a bucket of full-sized candy bars, know that not everyone is as grumpy and cheap as the author of this story. Many recall their experiences of living in well-off neighborhoods and getting excited about a chance to mingle in such big crowds.
“I loved it!” shared Lisa Schmeister, a professional who used to live in a “nice” neighborhood, when talking to Romper, “There are few things as purely joyful than sitting on the front lawn with a cocktail, a spooky playlist on repeat in the background, dropping a handful of Snickers bars in a little kid’s bag and asking the parents if they want some candy, too.”
Houston-based Monica Gri agrees: “It’s so much fun to see the kids’ eyes light up at the bowls of candy, and to see all walks of life come together for one night of safe, innocent fun. Due to my experience growing up, Halloween has always been one of my favorite days of the year.”
So, if you’re feeling generous and you can afford to splurge, get a few extra bags of candy this Halloween. Better yet, get some full-sized bars. You will definitely make someone’s night a tad more magical.
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A lot of people were upset by this post and gave the author a one-way ticket straight to Jerk-town
There were some, however, who also saw the author’s point of view
Wow. I thought OP was bad enough, but the NTAers are worse. "Lice-infested kids"?! "Driving around like beggars"?! "Sense of entitlement"?! How to tell the world that you're a bigoted snob without saying you're a bigoted snob.
Oh,I think the message is loud and clear.
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“Your whine makes me kind of wish that people from the actual poor side of town come this year not with scary costumes but with real pitchforks” Perfect answer
In my country halloween is not a big event like in the US, it is becoming increasingly popular though. If kids started knocking on my door for trick or treats, I would be prepared with a big bowl of candy for anyone who knocked. I definitely wouldn't care where they come from! Children are children.
Same here, I kinda wish there were more kids because I could put on a costume myself and scare them when they enter my yard
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Honestly, I don't get it. It smacks of apartheid: candy only for neighborhood children. Exaggerated perhaps. Still, my mother taught me that with privilege comes increased responsibility towards those who are less well-off. What's the big deal about sharing a tiny bit of your good fortune with others who have none? However that is, the underlying sentiment of OP's position is a very troubling one.
@Rj ... I'm guessing you are not American, Scottish, nor Irish. Everyone who participates wants exactly that, it's the whole point. On one night a year, usually for a few specific hours, kids go around knocking on doors and getting candy. It can be fun to see all the costumes, and to see the joy on the kids' faces. If you don't want to participate, you simply turn your porch (or foyer or whatever you have at your front door) light off, and the kids know not to stop there. It's not at all the same as randomly begging, nor trying to trade flowers for candy.
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I hope all the NTA people end up with explosive, random attacks of diarrhea for a week.
If the the OP doesn't like giving out candy to out of neighborhood kids he could just cut his outside lights off, go in the house, and do whatever rich boring to thing he does on Halloween. It's just that simple. Seems like he waisting energy complaining about lots of kids crowding his precious affluent neighborhood for one night.
I like how everyone has decided these kids must come straigh outta comptom to want to trick or treat near him. They probably just dont get much candy where they live. And wanted more. And thats it...go where the candy is. I dont see broke as f**k people driving out of state instead of just spending a few buck on candy.
Right? We live on a rural route like half the people in America. A lot of people don't live in a neighborhood
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Well ok, if your only reason to be against this is being "annoyed" by it, then yes, YTA. But I am in the same situation - not because I don't like the fact that more and more kids are shutteled to our neighbourhood by car, but because I simply can't afford it? I really don't have the money to hand out buckets full of candy for that many kids. I do add homemade cookies, cake etc, but most years its still not enough. So once I run out, what am I supposed to do, barricade the doors? How is this fair to the kids that get nothing? Call me TA, but just because you live in a neighbourhood that actually hands out candy doesn't make you rich.
Turn off the light when you run out. Put up a sign on the door to that effect if you're worried some won't take a hint. I doubt barricades will be necessary.
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We lived just outside the city where we lived, in the country (only about a mile), but it was enough that we only had about 6 neighbors. And it was dark as pitch. Mom used to take us to the mobile home community a few miles away. It was 'rich' for us. It was safe, mom knew where to find us, we got lots of candy. Perfect. It was mostly a retiree community and a lot of them were super generous.
Yup. I grew up on a county road. No streetlights, long distances between houses. No way it would've been safe to trick-or-treat there.
Load More Replies... Just turn off your lights and don't hand out candy. It's pretty simple. We don't have kids and e don't decorate our house for Halloween and we really don't celebrate the holiday in our house. For those reasons we don't hand out candy. We often just go out to dinner instead. There is no need for this man to be an a-hole about it. My neighbors have no issue with kids coming in from other neighborhoods and they also have no issue with the fact that we don't hand out candy. On occasion, I have go to friends' houses and helped one parent hand out candy while the other took the kids trick or treating.
Last year, we got done with trick-or-treating a little earlier than normal, so my daughter (who was 9) got to experience handing out candy for the first time. She said she had more fun doing that than being the trick-or-treater.
I once lived in one of those "affluent" neighborhoods. We lived there for about 6 years and every year the number of trick or treaters for bigger and bigger. I andu neighbors LOVED it! We just kept buying more and more candy every year. We would all start a collective box to be filled with candy around the end of September so if anyone ran out there'd be more for them.(personally, I would buy about $300 worth of candy every year. I know my neighbors spent about the same.) And we all gave out great candy! The last year we lived in that neighborhood, I had a clicking counter to see how many we got that year and so did my next door neighbor. We both got over 400 trick or treaters. Nine if us felt anything other happiness that the kids were out having fun in their fantastic costumes and some of them had a pretty hefty load of candy. We didn't stop to ask their parents what their income always. We just gave out candy and thoroughly enjoyed it.
That's great! We make me wish I was a trick or treater going to your old neighborhood. Sounds like those were good times love how you and your neighbors got together to help out and let the kids enjoy themselves.
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I just want kids to have candy. We are a full size candy bar house and I don't care where the kids are from... I have heard kids say at least one home wouldn't give them candy because they didn't live there. How little generosity do you have in your heart to do that?
People literally coming into your neighborhood to trick or treat gives you all the good things, including bragging rights about your neighborhood.
But who will think of the sad rich kids, having their streets overrun by poor peasents? (Sarcasm).
Sometimes malls and stores set up candy stations so kids can Trick or Treat in a safe place. If you're really bothered by where the children are coming from, just turn off your outside lights and opt out Halloween instead of making such a big deal out out of it. It's supposed to be fun for everyone
"lice infested kids" What a wonderful comment. Not only are they abhorrent people for daring to trick or treat in your privileged neighborhood, but now, according to a comment above, they are infected with lice. "Driving around like beggars..." Sweet mother of Pearl! The NTA folks are some of the most entitled people I've ever seen.
My favorite two parts was the one comment that said, "F**k your face." Nothing else needs to be said. My second favorite part was the NTAers outing themselves as a******s themselves. "They are coming to get the better candy from rich people." Yeah, no s**t. They're kids. Give them the f*****g candy.
I grew up in a rural area and there were just a few neighborhoods where trick or treating was an option. There were very few houses who didn't participate and everyone was always very nice. When my daughter was little, our neighborhood had no sidewalks or streetlights. We never got trick or treaters when we stayed home before having her, so when she was old enough, we went elsewhere. When we did live in a neighborhood we could trick or treat in, no one seemed to care that cars drove in. The only time trick or treaters are a problem is when they take the whole bowl of candy that gets left out, and I've seen the parents encourage kids to do it.
I used to live in a trailer park. All the park kids would go to the "rich" part of town in the next town over. Knowing this, the owner of the park would sit at the entrance with the back of his SUV decorated up, handing out handfuls of full-sized candy bars and cans of soda.
You're the reason for the Trick in Trick or Treat. If you went out on Halloween, the perfect costume for you would involve a white sheet. And I don't mean a ghost.
He doesn't like trick or treaters so he must be a KKK supporter?! Quite possibly the dumbest, more ridiculous reach I've come across in a while.
Load More Replies... Wtf!!! We truck to the best neighborhoods every year! We live on a rural route that's dangerous and impossible to trick or treat in. When I was a kid we lived in the only housing development in the town and EVERY ONE came there to trick or treat. It was awesome! Get over yourself! Halloween isn't just for those privileged enough to live in a nice neighborhood. Stop bitching about this cause you are making zero friends. I've never heard anyone complain about this in my entire life
OP is the AH. I live in a middle class nice neighborhood and we get cars from other neighborhoods. Its because in my area there are more houses decorated then in other areas and personally I wouldn't care where they were from. One year I had too much left over candy.
So I used to live on a very well known "rich" street that was in a city right next to Oakland CA. Legit had to take Halloween off if it was a work day because I couldn't get a spot anywhere near my house after work. People would FLOOD our street, the well off and the poor. Not going to lie, you could tell who were the poor kids, and I gave them the most candy. Its pretty much the one day a year a kid can go out, have fun, pretend to be anyone else in the world and enjoy a kind face who gives them an awesome treat. Why deny them that? It's a shame when people do. And I'll tell you, every single kid under 12 were respectful and said thank you, and didn't grab. Most kids over 14 were respectful too. Not all, but more than not.
We used to live in a safe upper-middle class suburb, neighboring on a pretty unsafe neighborhood of the city. They used to drive their kids into our suburb for safe trick or treating. The kids were always so excited and happy and they were so unbelievable well-behaved. I don't know what was my favorite part of Halloween, those kids or the teenagers who would have the best group costumes, like Dr Who themed ones, the Scooby Doo gang, etc (the teens rarely actually trick or treated, just walked up and down the block in costumes). When my kid was young, I went with her, and there were always some houses with hot cider ot mulled wine for adults. When my kid grew up I did that myself a couple of times - fire pit and hot mulled wine for adults, candy for kids.
I live in Denmark where trick or treating isn't that common, but some kids have started doing it. I've only experienced it once, but every year I stock up on treats in the hope that kids will come by. My aunt is Danish and lives in a part of town with nice houses and decorates her front driveway and garden with pumpkins and ghosts. Every year she buys a ton of sweets because she absolutely loves it when kids come knocking. Her neighbour on the opposite side of the road has the most creepy and awesome window decoration.
We had the same issue. Not just tons of kids that weren't from any of even our surrounding neighborhoods, but many teenagers and unsupervised kids without costumes just coming to grab our full sized bars. I was in a "bad Halloween" neighborhood for years--we went to church's, emergency responder's, and school's trunk or treat. Not the rich neighborhood--although I had friends who did.
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I miss having tons of kids come by. Our neighborhood used to be *the* place for trick-or-treaters, with multiple homes doing haunted houses (three on our street alone, including us) and others going all-out with decorations. I remember one year we had over 400 people come through our haunt. Now it's pretty much just our house that does anything over-the-top, plus of course COVID kept a lot of people home the past few years.
Oh no the horror of giving poorer kids a nice experience, who can imagine doing something something horrid.. what an entitled prick.
Just keep your lights OFF. If Halloween is too much drama, turn off your lights. Stop complaining. Wow.
OP's neighborhood is probably safer than their own for various reasons. I'm guessing this is a guy that hates kids. I LOVE it when kids come to trick or treat
I guarantee he saw the NTAs and decided "See, I'm right". Can't stand pricks like that.
Our neighborhood does Beggar's Night (10/30) and people literally bus in kids from all over. I'm talking hundreds, even if the weather is bad, to thousands of kids if the weather is nice. It's tradition and everyone loves it. A few years ago a really angry guy moved across the street from us and he HATED it, to the point where he had to be spoken to about it because he was out in his driveway screaming at kids like a lunatic. Needless to say we were all very happy when he moved. If you don't want to pass out candy, then don't but there's no reason to be a jerk about it. Let the kids enjoy their day.
My UK experience was that wealthy neighbourhoods are bad for trick or treat. Few of the houses do it, the distance between houses is anyway larger, and the often older house owners aren't really into it. But then, it's an imported americanism I guess? Council estate or mixed/ex like I lived, I even got vodka jello shots as the adult, and people put much more heart into it; and when their kids are around they enjoyed it.
I can afford some candy but not for hundreds of kids. The neighbourhood here is mixed and Halloween isn't a big tradition. I would prefer only our neighborhood kids, as some community building. There is a large difference between a couple of more kids and feeling like an amusement park or tourist attraction. So for me I'm torn. It sounds like all the YTA feel entitled to other people's cash/candy, and it's not about getting the most candy, or is it? I can't afford $100 on candy so I don't expect others to have to spend more. I tell my kids to be modest and they don't need a full bucket.
Nobody says you have to buy that much candy though. I just buy a few large bags and when I'm out I turn the porch light off.
Load More Replies... Giggle snort.. we do Halloween.. I men we *DO* Halloween! multiple projectors, animatronics, props we go *ALLLLL* out. We have real Zombies wandering in our graveyard and if you are brave you can enter the graveyard for bonus candy!! We are soo into Halloween our neighbors gave us permission to use their massive magnolia tree as part of our set up!! Do we get a tonne of kids? Nope. but we love every minute of it and WISH people would drive in to join us! I have also noticed that many of our neighbors are also getting more in the spirit each year and we love it!! There are sooo many very valid reasons people may not trick or treat their own neighborhood and we live for it!
There's a haunted house ser up in our neighborhood so I always decorate fully and I love the amount of trick or treaters it brings in.
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what an insufferable twatbasket. I wanna find out where he lives so I can go egg his house. With rotten eggs.
I’ll bring some toilet paper so we can roll his house, then turn the hose onto the paper so it sticks REALLY GOOD. Sound like a deal?
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I live on a steep hill and we never have Trick or Treaters. I'd love to give out candy to whomever comes.
When I was a kid we lived out in the country and only had a small handful of neighbors. One of the moms would load the car with the few of us kids that there were and take us into the nearest town so we could have more fun. Either get over it or quit handing out candy completely.
Damn. During my childhood we had a fair number of treat or treaters every year. With each subsequent move in my life the # of kids out having a great night has decreased. I'm middle aged with kids of my own now and just finally managed to buy a house last year. NO kids the first Halloween. We asked a neighbor a few days later and it's just not a thing here. They trunk or treat at the school a week before and that's it. Hell, I was the only house to decorate last year. We were so deflated that this year we just put our projector out, didn't want to put in all the effort if no one was going to enjoy it. What I wouldn't give to have kids from anywhere within the bistate area come dressed up in their cutest or scariest with a great joke so I could give them a butterfinger.
Does he really think that poor kids don't deserve nice candy on Halloween? So when do they deserve it?
Does he really believe that poor kids don't deserve nice candy on Halloween? So when do they deserve it?
If you don't want to "do" Halloween, don't. Just don't assume anything about the people who do, and the kids they will help. I assure you, people who live in single family homes are not trucking in their kids to annoy you.
And how many of these kids OP is complaining about are black, or Asian, or Hispanic, I wonder?
My friend lives in the neighborhood that kids flock to. It's somewhere in their purchase contract that this happens. Mr. Cheap A$$ may have had an out that his agent missed.
Basically, he doesn't want black and brown kids in his hoyte doyte neighborhood
I miss having kids come to the door all dressed up in costume! It was bad enough at my mom's as the neighborhood kids grew up and there were less and less trick-or-treaters, but it's been years since I've had any at my apartment. I live in a big, old house in the preservation district of my city and there aren't alot of families living here. I'd love it if carloads of costumed little kids showed up at Halloween!
I don't particularly like people in general but I love handing out treats on Halloween. IDC where you and your kids live, everyone is welcome. I make goodie bags each year because I know everyone else just does candy. Fun light up head bands, flashing rings, glow stick wrist bands and necklaces, little toys of all sorts and one piece of candy each...it makes me so happy to do something fun. Heck, I'd make a full on haunted house if I had the time and money to do it. (Should add that I particularly enjoy adding in things that glow or have lights in hopes that the kids will wear them and it's easier for the parents can keep an eye on them. I try to think about those as the treats for the moms and dads trying to keep their kids in eyesight and out of harms way if a distracted driver goes by or if their kid/s dash off. My nephew was notorious for disappearing into other groups of kids on Halloween when he was younger so that's why I add flashing/glowing things now)
I'm speaking from experience from years ago. I live in a small rural community. It used to be the more affluent neighborhoods did extra big deals for children for Halloween. It was fun and I took my child to the those affluent neighborhoods to enjoy the decorations and the treats. Well, guess what. Turns out parents not in our town brought their children to these more affluent neighborhoods by the car fulls taking advantage of what these generous people were doing for the children of OUR community to the point there were more greedy parents bringing children from outside our town than parents from our community. Eventually, the kindness and generosity stopped. Unlike many of those who have commented, I don't know how "rich" these "rich" people were or how many more candy bars they could of or should of purchased, but I do know that it was the greed of others that stopped the joy for all. I see greed , judgment, and entitlement - no appreciation.
YES, YOU ARE. I guess the disadvantaged children should just stay in their own neighborhoods?. moron.
Hell, I wish the trick or treaters would come by our place. Over two decades and we haven't had the first one. The only thing I can agree on with this guy is that with so many people, the traffic must be a nightmare in the neighborhood.
I lived in affluent neighborhood when my son was in 4k. Was a watch teenage girls when Mom is away on business in exchange for 2bd on first floor. Damn straight I invited my friends and their kids to trick or treat! They had a good time, were wowed by folks mansions... Honestly driveways were super long so idk if they made out better than in a safe working class neighborhood where everyone is an arms length way. Point is, they are little kids. Parents are just trying to do the best on limited means. Are they in costume, not 14 and being polite? Halloween version of the Grinch. Dude needs to be humbled. Hopefully not by ghost of Christmas past. Epic Ahole.
Wow. I thought OP was bad enough, but the NTAers are worse. "Lice-infested kids"?! "Driving around like beggars"?! "Sense of entitlement"?! How to tell the world that you're a bigoted snob without saying you're a bigoted snob.
Oh,I think the message is loud and clear.
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In my country halloween is not a big event like in the US, it is becoming increasingly popular though. If kids started knocking on my door for trick or treats, I would be prepared with a big bowl of candy for anyone who knocked. I definitely wouldn't care where they come from! Children are children.
Same here, I kinda wish there were more kids because I could put on a costume myself and scare them when they enter my yard
Load More Replies... Honestly, I don't get it. It smacks of apartheid: candy only for neighborhood children. Exaggerated perhaps. Still, my mother taught me that with privilege comes increased responsibility towards those who are less well-off. What's the big deal about sharing a tiny bit of your good fortune with others who have none? However that is, the underlying sentiment of OP's position is a very troubling one.
@Rj ... I'm guessing you are not American, Scottish, nor Irish. Everyone who participates wants exactly that, it's the whole point. On one night a year, usually for a few specific hours, kids go around knocking on doors and getting candy. It can be fun to see all the costumes, and to see the joy on the kids' faces. If you don't want to participate, you simply turn your porch (or foyer or whatever you have at your front door) light off, and the kids know not to stop there. It's not at all the same as randomly begging, nor trying to trade flowers for candy.
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If the the OP doesn't like giving out candy to out of neighborhood kids he could just cut his outside lights off, go in the house, and do whatever rich boring to thing he does on Halloween. It's just that simple. Seems like he waisting energy complaining about lots of kids crowding his precious affluent neighborhood for one night.
I like how everyone has decided these kids must come straigh outta comptom to want to trick or treat near him. They probably just dont get much candy where they live. And wanted more. And thats it...go where the candy is. I dont see broke as f**k people driving out of state instead of just spending a few buck on candy.
Right? We live on a rural route like half the people in America. A lot of people don't live in a neighborhood
Load More Replies... Well ok, if your only reason to be against this is being "annoyed" by it, then yes, YTA. But I am in the same situation - not because I don't like the fact that more and more kids are shutteled to our neighbourhood by car, but because I simply can't afford it? I really don't have the money to hand out buckets full of candy for that many kids. I do add homemade cookies, cake etc, but most years its still not enough. So once I run out, what am I supposed to do, barricade the doors? How is this fair to the kids that get nothing? Call me TA, but just because you live in a neighbourhood that actually hands out candy doesn't make you rich.
Turn off the light when you run out. Put up a sign on the door to that effect if you're worried some won't take a hint. I doubt barricades will be necessary.
Load More Replies... We lived just outside the city where we lived, in the country (only about a mile), but it was enough that we only had about 6 neighbors. And it was dark as pitch. Mom used to take us to the mobile home community a few miles away. It was 'rich' for us. It was safe, mom knew where to find us, we got lots of candy. Perfect. It was mostly a retiree community and a lot of them were super generous.
Yup. I grew up on a county road. No streetlights, long distances between houses. No way it would've been safe to trick-or-treat there.
Load More Replies... Just turn off your lights and don't hand out candy. It's pretty simple. We don't have kids and e don't decorate our house for Halloween and we really don't celebrate the holiday in our house. For those reasons we don't hand out candy. We often just go out to dinner instead. There is no need for this man to be an a-hole about it. My neighbors have no issue with kids coming in from other neighborhoods and they also have no issue with the fact that we don't hand out candy. On occasion, I have go to friends' houses and helped one parent hand out candy while the other took the kids trick or treating.
Last year, we got done with trick-or-treating a little earlier than normal, so my daughter (who was 9) got to experience handing out candy for the first time. She said she had more fun doing that than being the trick-or-treater.
I once lived in one of those "affluent" neighborhoods. We lived there for about 6 years and every year the number of trick or treaters for bigger and bigger. I andu neighbors LOVED it! We just kept buying more and more candy every year. We would all start a collective box to be filled with candy around the end of September so if anyone ran out there'd be more for them.(personally, I would buy about $300 worth of candy every year. I know my neighbors spent about the same.) And we all gave out great candy! The last year we lived in that neighborhood, I had a clicking counter to see how many we got that year and so did my next door neighbor. We both got over 400 trick or treaters. Nine if us felt anything other happiness that the kids were out having fun in their fantastic costumes and some of them had a pretty hefty load of candy. We didn't stop to ask their parents what their income always. We just gave out candy and thoroughly enjoyed it.
That's great! We make me wish I was a trick or treater going to your old neighborhood. Sounds like those were good times love how you and your neighbors got together to help out and let the kids enjoy themselves.
Load More Replies... I just want kids to have candy. We are a full size candy bar house and I don't care where the kids are from... I have heard kids say at least one home wouldn't give them candy because they didn't live there. How little generosity do you have in your heart to do that?
People literally coming into your neighborhood to trick or treat gives you all the good things, including bragging rights about your neighborhood.
But who will think of the sad rich kids, having their streets overrun by poor peasents? (Sarcasm).
Sometimes malls and stores set up candy stations so kids can Trick or Treat in a safe place. If you're really bothered by where the children are coming from, just turn off your outside lights and opt out Halloween instead of making such a big deal out out of it. It's supposed to be fun for everyone
"lice infested kids" What a wonderful comment. Not only are they abhorrent people for daring to trick or treat in your privileged neighborhood, but now, according to a comment above, they are infected with lice. "Driving around like beggars..." Sweet mother of Pearl! The NTA folks are some of the most entitled people I've ever seen.
My favorite two parts was the one comment that said, "F**k your face." Nothing else needs to be said. My second favorite part was the NTAers outing themselves as a******s themselves. "They are coming to get the better candy from rich people." Yeah, no s**t. They're kids. Give them the f*****g candy.
I grew up in a rural area and there were just a few neighborhoods where trick or treating was an option. There were very few houses who didn't participate and everyone was always very nice. When my daughter was little, our neighborhood had no sidewalks or streetlights. We never got trick or treaters when we stayed home before having her, so when she was old enough, we went elsewhere. When we did live in a neighborhood we could trick or treat in, no one seemed to care that cars drove in. The only time trick or treaters are a problem is when they take the whole bowl of candy that gets left out, and I've seen the parents encourage kids to do it.
I used to live in a trailer park. All the park kids would go to the "rich" part of town in the next town over. Knowing this, the owner of the park would sit at the entrance with the back of his SUV decorated up, handing out handfuls of full-sized candy bars and cans of soda.
You're the reason for the Trick in Trick or Treat. If you went out on Halloween, the perfect costume for you would involve a white sheet. And I don't mean a ghost.
He doesn't like trick or treaters so he must be a KKK supporter?! Quite possibly the dumbest, more ridiculous reach I've come across in a while.
Load More Replies... Wtf!!! We truck to the best neighborhoods every year! We live on a rural route that's dangerous and impossible to trick or treat in. When I was a kid we lived in the only housing development in the town and EVERY ONE came there to trick or treat. It was awesome! Get over yourself! Halloween isn't just for those privileged enough to live in a nice neighborhood. Stop bitching about this cause you are making zero friends. I've never heard anyone complain about this in my entire life
OP is the AH. I live in a middle class nice neighborhood and we get cars from other neighborhoods. Its because in my area there are more houses decorated then in other areas and personally I wouldn't care where they were from. One year I had too much left over candy.
So I used to live on a very well known "rich" street that was in a city right next to Oakland CA. Legit had to take Halloween off if it was a work day because I couldn't get a spot anywhere near my house after work. People would FLOOD our street, the well off and the poor. Not going to lie, you could tell who were the poor kids, and I gave them the most candy. Its pretty much the one day a year a kid can go out, have fun, pretend to be anyone else in the world and enjoy a kind face who gives them an awesome treat. Why deny them that? It's a shame when people do. And I'll tell you, every single kid under 12 were respectful and said thank you, and didn't grab. Most kids over 14 were respectful too. Not all, but more than not.
We used to live in a safe upper-middle class suburb, neighboring on a pretty unsafe neighborhood of the city. They used to drive their kids into our suburb for safe trick or treating. The kids were always so excited and happy and they were so unbelievable well-behaved. I don't know what was my favorite part of Halloween, those kids or the teenagers who would have the best group costumes, like Dr Who themed ones, the Scooby Doo gang, etc (the teens rarely actually trick or treated, just walked up and down the block in costumes). When my kid was young, I went with her, and there were always some houses with hot cider ot mulled wine for adults. When my kid grew up I did that myself a couple of times - fire pit and hot mulled wine for adults, candy for kids.
I live in Denmark where trick or treating isn't that common, but some kids have started doing it. I've only experienced it once, but every year I stock up on treats in the hope that kids will come by. My aunt is Danish and lives in a part of town with nice houses and decorates her front driveway and garden with pumpkins and ghosts. Every year she buys a ton of sweets because she absolutely loves it when kids come knocking. Her neighbour on the opposite side of the road has the most creepy and awesome window decoration.
We had the same issue. Not just tons of kids that weren't from any of even our surrounding neighborhoods, but many teenagers and unsupervised kids without costumes just coming to grab our full sized bars. I was in a "bad Halloween" neighborhood for years--we went to church's, emergency responder's, and school's trunk or treat. Not the rich neighborhood--although I had friends who did.
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I miss having tons of kids come by. Our neighborhood used to be *the* place for trick-or-treaters, with multiple homes doing haunted houses (three on our street alone, including us) and others going all-out with decorations. I remember one year we had over 400 people come through our haunt. Now it's pretty much just our house that does anything over-the-top, plus of course COVID kept a lot of people home the past few years.
Oh no the horror of giving poorer kids a nice experience, who can imagine doing something something horrid.. what an entitled prick.
Just keep your lights OFF. If Halloween is too much drama, turn off your lights. Stop complaining. Wow.
OP's neighborhood is probably safer than their own for various reasons. I'm guessing this is a guy that hates kids. I LOVE it when kids come to trick or treat
I guarantee he saw the NTAs and decided "See, I'm right". Can't stand pricks like that.
Our neighborhood does Beggar's Night (10/30) and people literally bus in kids from all over. I'm talking hundreds, even if the weather is bad, to thousands of kids if the weather is nice. It's tradition and everyone loves it. A few years ago a really angry guy moved across the street from us and he HATED it, to the point where he had to be spoken to about it because he was out in his driveway screaming at kids like a lunatic. Needless to say we were all very happy when he moved. If you don't want to pass out candy, then don't but there's no reason to be a jerk about it. Let the kids enjoy their day.
My UK experience was that wealthy neighbourhoods are bad for trick or treat. Few of the houses do it, the distance between houses is anyway larger, and the often older house owners aren't really into it. But then, it's an imported americanism I guess? Council estate or mixed/ex like I lived, I even got vodka jello shots as the adult, and people put much more heart into it; and when their kids are around they enjoyed it.
I can afford some candy but not for hundreds of kids. The neighbourhood here is mixed and Halloween isn't a big tradition. I would prefer only our neighborhood kids, as some community building. There is a large difference between a couple of more kids and feeling like an amusement park or tourist attraction. So for me I'm torn. It sounds like all the YTA feel entitled to other people's cash/candy, and it's not about getting the most candy, or is it? I can't afford $100 on candy so I don't expect others to have to spend more. I tell my kids to be modest and they don't need a full bucket.
Nobody says you have to buy that much candy though. I just buy a few large bags and when I'm out I turn the porch light off.
Load More Replies... Giggle snort.. we do Halloween.. I men we *DO* Halloween! multiple projectors, animatronics, props we go *ALLLLL* out. We have real Zombies wandering in our graveyard and if you are brave you can enter the graveyard for bonus candy!! We are soo into Halloween our neighbors gave us permission to use their massive magnolia tree as part of our set up!! Do we get a tonne of kids? Nope. but we love every minute of it and WISH people would drive in to join us! I have also noticed that many of our neighbors are also getting more in the spirit each year and we love it!! There are sooo many very valid reasons people may not trick or treat their own neighborhood and we live for it!
There's a haunted house ser up in our neighborhood so I always decorate fully and I love the amount of trick or treaters it brings in.
Load More Replies... what an insufferable twatbasket. I wanna find out where he lives so I can go egg his house. With rotten eggs.
I’ll bring some toilet paper so we can roll his house, then turn the hose onto the paper so it sticks REALLY GOOD. Sound like a deal?
Load More Replies... I live on a steep hill and we never have Trick or Treaters. I'd love to give out candy to whomever comes.
When I was a kid we lived out in the country and only had a small handful of neighbors. One of the moms would load the car with the few of us kids that there were and take us into the nearest town so we could have more fun. Either get over it or quit handing out candy completely.
Damn. During my childhood we had a fair number of treat or treaters every year. With each subsequent move in my life the # of kids out having a great night has decreased. I'm middle aged with kids of my own now and just finally managed to buy a house last year. NO kids the first Halloween. We asked a neighbor a few days later and it's just not a thing here. They trunk or treat at the school a week before and that's it. Hell, I was the only house to decorate last year. We were so deflated that this year we just put our projector out, didn't want to put in all the effort if no one was going to enjoy it. What I wouldn't give to have kids from anywhere within the bistate area come dressed up in their cutest or scariest with a great joke so I could give them a butterfinger.
Does he really think that poor kids don't deserve nice candy on Halloween? So when do they deserve it?
Does he really believe that poor kids don't deserve nice candy on Halloween? So when do they deserve it?
If you don't want to "do" Halloween, don't. Just don't assume anything about the people who do, and the kids they will help. I assure you, people who live in single family homes are not trucking in their kids to annoy you.
And how many of these kids OP is complaining about are black, or Asian, or Hispanic, I wonder?
My friend lives in the neighborhood that kids flock to. It's somewhere in their purchase contract that this happens. Mr. Cheap A$$ may have had an out that his agent missed.
Basically, he doesn't want black and brown kids in his hoyte doyte neighborhood
I miss having kids come to the door all dressed up in costume! It was bad enough at my mom's as the neighborhood kids grew up and there were less and less trick-or-treaters, but it's been years since I've had any at my apartment. I live in a big, old house in the preservation district of my city and there aren't alot of families living here. I'd love it if carloads of costumed little kids showed up at Halloween!
I don't particularly like people in general but I love handing out treats on Halloween. IDC where you and your kids live, everyone is welcome. I make goodie bags each year because I know everyone else just does candy. Fun light up head bands, flashing rings, glow stick wrist bands and necklaces, little toys of all sorts and one piece of candy each...it makes me so happy to do something fun. Heck, I'd make a full on haunted house if I had the time and money to do it. (Should add that I particularly enjoy adding in things that glow or have lights in hopes that the kids will wear them and it's easier for the parents can keep an eye on them. I try to think about those as the treats for the moms and dads trying to keep their kids in eyesight and out of harms way if a distracted driver goes by or if their kid/s dash off. My nephew was notorious for disappearing into other groups of kids on Halloween when he was younger so that's why I add flashing/glowing things now)
I'm speaking from experience from years ago. I live in a small rural community. It used to be the more affluent neighborhoods did extra big deals for children for Halloween. It was fun and I took my child to the those affluent neighborhoods to enjoy the decorations and the treats. Well, guess what. Turns out parents not in our town brought their children to these more affluent neighborhoods by the car fulls taking advantage of what these generous people were doing for the children of OUR community to the point there were more greedy parents bringing children from outside our town than parents from our community. Eventually, the kindness and generosity stopped. Unlike many of those who have commented, I don't know how "rich" these "rich" people were or how many more candy bars they could of or should of purchased, but I do know that it was the greed of others that stopped the joy for all. I see greed , judgment, and entitlement - no appreciation.
YES, YOU ARE. I guess the disadvantaged children should just stay in their own neighborhoods?. moron.
Hell, I wish the trick or treaters would come by our place. Over two decades and we haven't had the first one. The only thing I can agree on with this guy is that with so many people, the traffic must be a nightmare in the neighborhood.
I lived in affluent neighborhood when my son was in 4k. Was a watch teenage girls when Mom is away on business in exchange for 2bd on first floor. Damn straight I invited my friends and their kids to trick or treat! They had a good time, were wowed by folks mansions... Honestly driveways were super long so idk if they made out better than in a safe working class neighborhood where everyone is an arms length way. Point is, they are little kids. Parents are just trying to do the best on limited means. Are they in costume, not 14 and being polite? Halloween version of the Grinch. Dude needs to be humbled. Hopefully not by ghost of Christmas past. Epic Ahole.
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