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In reply to the discussion: Kids from poorer neighborhoods keep coming to trick-or-treat in mine. Do I have to give them candy? [View all]NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)109. I live in a old 1960s subdivision surrounded by rural roads and farms in all directions.
Kids come in from all around because we have low speed wide neighborhood streets and a lot of houses to visit. Normally you get 250-300 kids each Halloween. It's a big neighborhood thing to stock up and make the kids happy. I usually need about 900 pieces of candy.
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Kids from poorer neighborhoods keep coming to trick-or-treat in mine. Do I have to give them candy? [View all]
KamaAina
Oct 2014
OP
Me too. I hate having candy around because I don't want to be tempted, but always buy
hlthe2b
Oct 2014
#201
I think we're being too harsh on her, and we LOVED the traffic coming to the densely packed
Hortensis
Oct 2014
#134
WTF??!! This is a free country and those babies and bigger kids should be welcome
Ecumenist
Oct 2014
#200
"A local walk around"??? Where I grew up, the nearest neighbor was a mile away. I"m sure
1monster
Oct 2014
#208
The kind of person who thinks living in a high income area frees them from seeing *those people*
Gormy Cuss
Oct 2014
#10
That's what it looked like to me too. Although I assumed it was written to seem ironic. eom
Blanks
Oct 2014
#52
I suspect the person that wrote the email is the same person that answered it. n/t
A Simple Game
Oct 2014
#118
Just a hunch. I have a hard time thinking that anyone would look to an outsider
A Simple Game
Oct 2014
#130
It may be faked. But I heard a sister-in-law say almost exactly the same thing.
tclambert
Oct 2014
#59
We get a lot of migrant worker families - lots of tomato and strawberry farms around here.
djean111
Oct 2014
#54
happens to me every year. i did a spit take the first time kids came up to the door and the parents
dionysus
Oct 2014
#27
I have the older ones sing me a song. They are usually in a group so I pick something like
shraby
Oct 2014
#48
Really? All kids coming to our door hopefully go away with nice memories and some good treats.
Hortensis
Oct 2014
#203
I do, too. Halloween used to be big business in this neighborhood. TONS of kids
calimary
Oct 2014
#55
The writer signed a real name and the columnist changed it to "Halloween for the 99 percent" NT
Eric J in MN
Oct 2014
#60
Definitely fake. How the hell do you know which neighborhood trick-or-treaters are from?
Nye Bevan
Oct 2014
#14
Well, when your neighborhood is lily-white for miles around and some face or hands reaching out
No Vested Interest
Oct 2014
#72
For those insisting that this is a complete fabrication, I can personally attest
bullwinkle428
Oct 2014
#22
I appreciate where you are coming from but don't think an Ayn Rand would even give out candy.
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#150
bingo- said or un-said... it is the attitude and has been whispered behind the scenes of fortunates
tomm2thumbs
Oct 2014
#86
The letter-writer signed real name and the columnist changed it to "Halloween for the 99 percent" NT
Eric J in MN
Oct 2014
#61
Hmm I usually get the bite sized for 2 reasons - cost is one, I just assumed it was less expensive
seaglass
Oct 2014
#71
Same here. 30 full size bars @ $18 is a good deal and the kids are thrilled. n/t
MerryBlooms
Oct 2014
#154
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? My taxes pay for these useful institutions.
tclambert
Oct 2014
#43
Great response.Can you imagine being so selfish to deny a candy bar to a poor kid that gets to
judesedit
Oct 2014
#57
Sounds fake, but ABSOLUTELY represents the thoughts of tens of millions of Americans
randys1
Oct 2014
#70
I just moved to a nice neighborhood, though nothing like what the OP describes.
Maedhros
Oct 2014
#79
Solution: All the doctors and lawyers can send their kids a few blocks over to the billionaires
cemaphonic
Oct 2014
#85
It makes you FEEL like a terrible person, because you ARE a terrible person. n/t
Fantastic Anarchist
Oct 2014
#91
We live in a very neat, lower-middle-class neighborhood. LOTS of families drive here for TOT.
riqster
Oct 2014
#102
What a silly question. When trick or treaters come from poorer neighborhoods it is a good idea
Louisiana1976
Oct 2014
#108
I live in a old 1960s subdivision surrounded by rural roads and farms in all directions.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2014
#109
That's the way it's gotten to be where I live. The rural/suburban mixture means that
enough
Oct 2014
#162
I have seen kids come home with a wide variety of item on Holloween. Pencils for school, apples,
jwirr
Oct 2014
#126
I don't sympathize with that whiny twerp. They have no business giving out candy.
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#148
Halloween visits fell off in recent years, and I missed it. But our neighbor started doing a haunted
Hekate
Oct 2014
#132
while it's possible that the specific letter in the OP could be fake there really ARE
JI7
Oct 2014
#156
Anyone here from Dallas? Y'all haven't experienced Halloween until you have seen a Swiss
Hestia
Oct 2014
#167
We will be shutting our door / turning our light off once it gets completely dark out.
X_Digger
Oct 2014
#177
People that are pretty well off are possibly the real culprits. How does she know where they are
brewens
Oct 2014
#182
Better give 'em something - ever hear of the "flaming bag of dog poo" trick?
tularetom
Oct 2014
#185
Has anyone here heard a RW conservative ask for approval of their beliefs ever?
IronLionZion
Oct 2014
#188