The past couple of years, the amount of kids out on Halloween has dwindled down in my neighborhood. This year, my wife and I were at her cousin’s house and we saw maybe a couple of kids walking around. My wife blames people going to Trunk or Treat things. We both work in retail, so we see more of the public, and nobody was in costume. What was everybody’s experience with Halloween this year?
Trick or treating is alive and well in places where you can walk safely, and houses aren’t too far apart from each other. The problem is too many places in the US don’t fit that description.
Dunno if I agree. That’s my neighborhood and, while not completely dead, it’s just nowhere near when I was of age. It was a clear Friday night and we got maybe 30 total unique kids. I emptied the bowl on a repeat group at ~830. That was not how I remember it as a kid. I think someone else suggesting the decline in birth rate might be on to something.
Hmm maybe then, some friends in a suburb were saying their neighborhood had aged out of it. The place I went last night was hopping and had a lot of traffic. Maybe the internet has made people optimize their targets?
My neighborhood fits that description and we have tons of kids going through. About 50% of the houses were participating. Adults had parties at driveways too. Oh and it was raining. Apparently doesn’t stop anybody in Oregon.