We have to to go to another neighborhood to ToT. Our speed limit on our street is 55 mph...that's not happening. We go to my parents subdivision for the evening, it's super popular and the streets are lined cars that have bussed kids in.
Post by GailGoldie on Oct 31, 2012 19:19:36 GMT -5
as long as people are respectful- i don't care about it at all (driven in or live there). I'd love to get a ton of TrT'ers - but we get maybe 1-2/year if that many... now we're usually not home (though, today= cancelled thanks to sandy).
we used to take my niece/nephew to a different area that was easier to navigate, lighter, closer together.
Ugh, poor kids don't deserve candy. They should chew on corn husks from discarded scarecrows and like it.
But really, no, I do not mind if kids are driven in to trick-or-treat in my neighborhood. I don't mind providing a few packs of Skittles to children so that they can ToT in a safe (but not super nice) neighborhood where a lot of people give out candy.
As kids growing up in the suburbs we did target the "rich" houses, but we stuck to the houses we could walk to from whomever's house was our home base
The town we went had their ToT last Thursday. It was very nice out which is rare for Ohio. A bunch of people ran out of candy. One lady said she went through 400 pieces in an hour.
I'm ok with it. I assume that most of them live in apartments, which in my experience are lame places to t-o-t. I can't imagine driving to another neighborhood just for "better" candy. I think they just live in places where their neighbors are lame or it's dangerous.
If I run out of candy, I'll just shut down. No big deal.
Post by sillygoosegirl on Oct 31, 2012 19:37:15 GMT -5
I grew up way out in the country. There weren't many houses to go to, but we nominally knew everyone. I always loved it, even though I didn't get much candy. When I was maybe 8 or 10, my best friend and I dressed up as "Salt and Pepper" (which was awesome, we did a little dance, and I wrote a little story book to explain our costumes). Anyway, we trick or treated in her suburban neighborhood and my rural one. I thought it was the best thing ever, but with 2 years, the boy next door only wanted to trick or treat in his grandparents suburban neighborhood, and my BFF didn't want to visit my rural neighborhood either. When the kids I babysat were old enough, their parents wouldn't hear of bringing them trick or treating near home.
It made me sad, because it had always seemed like such a community thing when I was younger. Now, I'm too old to trick or treat, don't have kids, and live in an apartment so nobody knocks on my door. Lame. I used to buy candy in hopes our neighbors would, but no. Even when we rented a townhouse, we only got 2 trick or treaters, even though there were tons of kids in our neighborhood (one was a girl we knew from our building).
I guess I can see the logic of going to the richer or bigger neighborhood for the better candy. But abandoning your own community doesn't sit well with me, and didn't even as a child. Another commercialized holiday... Sigh.
Where I live, it is the opposite. The rich neighborhoods have huge yards with long driveways. Nobody is going to make that trek for a fun sized snickers. The rich kids all get carted out to the regular suburbs.
Where I live, it is the opposite. The rich neighborhoods have huge yards with long driveways. Nobody is going to make that trek for a fun sized snickers. The rich kids all get carted out to the regular suburbs.
This is my BIL & SIL. The lots in their development are all 3+ acres with really long driveways so they take their 3 kids to another family member's neighborhood to ToT.
my mom drove us to nicer neighborhoods to ToT when we were kids. I loved it. their houses looked awesome and they gave out the good stuff! (actual candy bars instead of atrocious tootsie rolls or pennies.)
We live in a popular neighborhood and have stopped participating because there are just too.many.kids. I know people are like, "So what, turn your light out when you run out," but we do like to have enough candy for everyone if we are going to participate. And when you are buying candy for what seems like the whole city, it is EXPENSIVE!
Plus, it really sucks to have your door bell ring non-stop for 2-3 hours. As soon as your butt hits the chair, it's ringing again. Yes, I am lazy.
There was a full page story in our newspaper the other day with a map to all of the "good" neighborhoods. Let me tell you how annoyed I would be if I lived in one of those neighborhoods. I have no problem spending money on candy for my neighbors, but I would not want carloads of people roaming our neighborhood because they think it's a "good" neighborhood.
What's the difference between a kid from three streets over or a kid from thirty five streets over?
I don't think parents are generally doing this so their kids can get "good loot". They do it so their kids can ToT in a safe area where there are a lot of houses giving out candy. Why would anyone have a problem with that?
I do wish the parents would park their cars and WALK around with the kids instead of literally driving from house to house.
As long as the kids are not hopping back in the car in between houses and being lazy asses and their parents are careful and slow when driving then I don't care.
Post by UnderProtest on Oct 31, 2012 20:10:46 GMT -5
Apparently I have too many rules for Halloween....this is why I'm not allowed answering the door. My rule is that you have to wear a costume to get candy.
And since when are tootsie rolls the crappy candy? I LOVE them!
We did it. A coworker let us park at her house. There is not a single light on on my block. Her neighborhood gets all into it, sitting outside, decorated up. They love it.
Nobody ToTs in my neighborhood (not many kids) so we drive to a friend's neighborhood to go with them. Of course my kid is 2 and this was her first ToT experience so we went to like 6 houses.
my only issue is the increased traffic making it more unsafe for all the kids and families that are out walking around. If driving is the only way to get to an area that does ToT, fine get there and park the car. I hate when vans drive up and down the street with the kids climbing in and out randomly in the middle of the street. So unsafe.
my only issue is the increased traffic making it more unsafe for all the kids and families that are out walking around. If driving is the only way to get to an area that does ToT, fine get there and park the car. I hate when vans drive up and down the street with the kids climbing in and out randomly in the middle of the street. So unsafe.
Good point! Driving around following your kids is crappy. get out and walk with them if they are little (hot chocolate + booze in a thermos) or sit in your parked car if they are older.
I just buy a few bags of candy, and when it's gone, the light goes off. Don't care where the kids come from.
Honestly, if it wasn't for my H insisting on participating, I would just hide in the basement. I'm a Halloween Scrooge. I just don't get into a holiday where you dress up and beg for treats from strangers. I know I'm totally in the minority, but I just don't get into Halloween at all. I didn't even like ToT-ing when I was a kid. I just gave all my candy to my brother. I think I was 7 the last time I went, I asked if I really had to go, and my mom said no, so I quit going.
Thankfully, this year, we are in the middle of a relo and are temporarily in an apartment in a downtown neighborhood full of yuppies. No kids live here, so I got out of the whole ToT deal.
There was a full page story in our newspaper the other day with a map to all of the "good" neighborhoods. Let me tell you how annoyed I would be if I lived in one of those neighborhoods. I have no problem spending money on candy for my neighbors, but I would not want carloads of people roaming our neighborhood because they think it's a "good" neighborhood.
This happened in our paper and our neighborhood was listed. No one is upset, our neighborhood loves Halloween and many of my neighbors go all out. I just bought more candy!