Young Adult Trick-or-Treaters

What I find amazing is that you have trick or treaters at alll on this side of 98! I didn't think anyone trick or treated outside of Seaside, Baytowne or Escada!:lol:
We have never had one kid, big or small...

DuneAHH, that's why we turn off the porch lights and hang yellow caution tape to block the entrance to the driveway. You are exactly right about the type of trick-or-treater you described -- rude and scary. We also had a problem with people stealing the decorations on our front porch after getting their candy and with people driving through our lawn, breaking our sprinkler heads.

It's always sad to me not to be able to participate in Halloween because of a few bad apples. I miss seeing the excitement on the little kids' faces when they come to the door.

Yeah, what everyone said :shock:

What I find amazing is that you have trick or treaters at alll on this side of 98! I didn't think anyone trick or treated outside of Seaside, Baytowne or Escada!:lol:
We have never had one kid, big or small...

I know, right???
It's been years & years since anyone stopped (that we haven't specifically invited to come by on their WAY to one of the organized events). Before tonite, years ago, the last trick or treaters we had was a truckload of teenagers, one of whom was approx. 17 and pregnant (no costume). That seemed so terribly terribly sad to me.

BR - since we never expect anybody, of course the exterior lights were off; plus the neighborhood has no street lights and is very dark.

That is strange, have not had trick or treaters in seven years in Pt. Washington. Did you open the door???

That is strange, have not had trick or treaters in seven years in Pt. Washington. Did you open the door???

It's been 7-10 years since we've had trick-or-treaters.
The man of the house opened the door and gave the bathrobe-hunchback-with-cell-phone-ear a fun size snicker bar.

Tricks or Treats is all about threats if you think about it. Give me treats or I will haunt you. What you have to do to handle the obnoxious ones is to scare the sh-t out of them when they come to your house.

What I find amazing is that you have trick or treaters at alll on this side of 98! I didn't think anyone trick or treated outside of Seaside, Baytowne or Escada!:lol:
We have never had one kid, big or small...

It's not just north of 98. We're near Eastern Lake and rarely get any. None this year. Anybody need a couple of bags of Hershey's Kisses?

Canoehead and I still trick or treated at that age - but had costumes, manners, and her baby brother so we would get candy. :idontno:

We lived briefly in a small town in the Appalaichan foothills. Economy was based in strip mining and clearcutting, and there was a very violent undertone -- sometimes outright overt -- in the culture there. Physical abuse was common, also littering and all-around disregard for nature, out of touch with natural rhythms, etc., huge gap between haves/have-nots, extreme racism (KKK was still alive and quite well there, monthly rallies, newsletters on every doorstep, I never knew if it was a threat or an invitation from someone I knew) and not surprisingly, a LOT of poverty.

On Halloween, we had probably a dozen families who must have come out of the hills, 6-8-9 people crammed into one car, no costumes, no trick-or-treat, no hello and no thank you. All ages and all generations, including Granny without her teeth, tumbled out of the cars, and each member of every family came to the door holding a ratty bag for candy. We had to make three runs to the grocery store for more candy before it finally ended. These people looked poor enough that they were hungry, like modern-day subjects for Walker Evans type photos.

Wondering if poverty had anything to do with the scary trick or treaters this year. If not, I think being prepared to scare threatening tricksters sounds like a great way to get into the Halloween spirit!

We have them, but it's nothing unusual for the city. We pay them off in candy to avoid the tricks. lol.

:idontno:I just wish they wouldn't use a king-size pillow case for their trick or treat bag

:idontno:I just wish they wouldn't use a king-size pillow case for their trick or treat bag

Yeah, everybody knows you go with a small bag and just have a cache in the backseat of mom's car.

We lived briefly in a small town in the Appalaichan foothills. Economy was based in strip mining and clearcutting, and there was a very violent undertone -- sometimes outright overt -- in the culture there. Physical abuse was common, also littering and all-around disregard for nature, out of touch with natural rhythms, etc., huge gap between haves/have-nots, extreme racism (KKK was still alive and quite well there, monthly rallies, newsletters on every doorstep, I never knew if it was a threat or an invitation from someone I knew) and not surprisingly, a LOT of poverty.

On Halloween, we had probably a dozen families who must have come out of the hills, 6-8-9 people crammed into one car, no costumes, no trick-or-treat, no hello and no thank you. All ages and all generations, including Granny without her teeth, tumbled out of the cars, and each member of every family came to the door holding a ratty bag for candy. We had to make three runs to the grocery store for more candy before it finally ended. These people looked poor enough that they were hungry, like modern-day subjects for Walker Evans type photos.

Wondering if poverty had anything to do with the scary trick or treaters this year. If not, I think being prepared to scare threatening tricksters sounds like a great way to get into the Halloween spirit!

Very sad circumstances.