Did you keep count of how many trick or treaters showed at your door?

[desihawk]

Massive drop off for me. Doorbell rang 11 times, usually it’s close to 30.

I don’t know enough to connect the dots but i think election winner can be predicted based on such data.

 

[DFSNOLE]

Two. Which is two more than last year.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Zero - as has become usual. We live at the end of a dark cul-de-sac. There are no young children on our street. There's a McMansion development next to us that draws kids from all over town - it's where we used to take our own boys. Trunk-or-Treat has become very popular here. I honestly forgot that last night was Halloween.

 

[ButtersHawk]

Old man had 200+

My theory is America has gotten fatter, lazier, and more introverted therefore people either aren't having kids or if they do their lazy asses would rather make an excuse to not trick or treat instead of walking around with their children.

 

[TJ8869]

I started with 145 pieces of candy and had about 15 left over at the end, so 130.

 

[Joes Place]

Massive drop off for me. Doorbell rang 11 times, usually it’s close to 30.

I don’t know enough to connect the dots but i think election winner can be predicted based on such data.

Too fast to count

Went thru around 5-6 bags of fun size candies (~10 oz bags)
If there are around 20 candies per bag, 100-120 kids.

 

[BrianNole777]

Really big drop off compared to last year. Maybe 50% less.

A few groups came by.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

In the pandemic we put out a big candy bowl with a sign asking kids to take a couple pieces each. It worked really well and since then I haven’t even bothered to answer the door. I just put the candy out in the bowl and let them have at it. I know it’s not in the spirit of Halloween, but my kids are grown and trick or treating is from 3-7 near me. I usually have meetings that conflict. Surprisingly the honor system works great.

Looked like maybe 50 in my neighborhood which was down a bit from last year.

 

[TJ8869]

In the pandemic we put out a big candy bowl with a sign asking kids to take a couple pieces each. It worked really well and since then I haven’t even bothered to answer the door. I just put the candy out in the bowl and let them have at it. I know it’s not in the spirit of Halloween, but my kids are grown and trick or treating is from 3-7 near me. I usually have meetings that conflict. Surprisingly the honor system works great.

Looked like maybe 50 in my neighborhood which was down a bit from last year.

Four hours of trick-or-treating? That’s way too much. Most people aren’t even home from work yet.

We have two hours and that’s plenty. When my kids were that age I don’t think they ever lasted the full two hours before they got bored and wanted to go home.

 

[h-hawk]

The wife had around 90 which is a little lower than the average low 100s.

 

[wausauhawk]

I started with 145 pieces of candy and had about 15 left over at the end, so 130.

How many of the 15 left are Almond Joys?

 

[TJ8869]

How many of the 15 left are Almond Joys?

Lol. Two or three, I think. I got rid of most of them by giving them to kids who appeared to be way too old for trick-or-treating.

 

[markfromj]

We’ve kept track since 1996.

Had 58 last night.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

Four hours of trick-or-treating? That’s way too much. Most people aren’t even home from work yet.

We have two hours and that’s plenty. When my kids were that age I don’t think they ever lasted the full two hours before they got bored and wanted to go home.

I know, I could see 5-7 or maybe 3 hours. But four hours with much of it during the workday is silly.

I think they do it so it is light out for safety reasons - there no sidewalks by us and the suburb has a 1 acre minimum lotsize so it’s a lot of walking on the street. Either way it seems to work. Kids get their candy and I can get other stuff done.

 

[bhawk24bob]

>350

 

[Funky Bunch]

0. Live on a private road. Effing poors!

 

[Aardvark86]

Lost count at about 13 they were coming so fast.

We gave out, easily, over 750 pieces of candy (almost all one to a customer) and about 2 dozen fireball shots to accompany parents, and ran out at 7pm with things still going for another hour or so.

 

[cigaretteman]

two, which was better than most years. We too live in a cul-de-sac that most people don't even know is there.

 

[BrianNole777]

Lost count at about 13 they were coming so fast.

We gave out, easily, over 750 pieces of candy (almost all one to a customer) and about 2 dozen fireball shots to accompany parents, and ran out at 7pm with things still going for another hour or so.

Is that more or less compared to an average year?

 

[Aardvark86]

Is that more or less compared to an average year?

that's just it. This is the first time we've experienced halloween in lexington. Halloween on my street was like the first thing every neighbor warned us about when we first met them. Most people said to expect like 500 (as kids come into the town from the county for a downtown parade), so we thought we'd prepared. Now of course, last night was warm and beautiful, so maybe it was a bit of an outlier, but I have a hard time imagining that.

BTW best costume was an entire family dressed as Addams family characters, and all of them perfectly acting their various parts and not breaking character. Also hat tip to two older boys who i guess were sort of some video game fighting characters who did a whole 'select player 1/select player 2' thing in our front yard and proceeded to go through a choreographed fight. i did give them each an extra piece for the effort, even if they were a little older than the demographic.

 

[Derekd3408]

No idea, we take our little guy T or Ting and just leave a giant dish full of candy. It's always gone when we get back, but I think kids get a little grabby with no supervision. Our street was really busy though.

 

[CJ Beat Hard]

The trick is to put out an empty bowl on the porch with a sign that says take 1 piece. Then everyone assumes some asshole took the whole bowl. You don’t have to answer the door or buy candy

 

[TennNole17]

Two. Which is two more than last year.

Same!

 

[Derekd3408]

The trick is to put out an empty bowl on the porch with a sign that says take 1 piece. Then everyone assumes some asshole took the whole bowl. You don’t have to answer the door or buy candy

 

[Dr. Phil Seuss]

Dense urban area, sitcom level stuff. I bought 15 of the giant $20 Costco bags and turned away a few people late. Probably 2k kids.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

The traffic of kids started showing up right before 7:30, which was when it was supposed to be done. Probably had 100

 

[BrianNole777]

that's just it. This is the first time we've experienced halloween in lexington. Halloween on my street was like the first thing every neighbor warned us about when we first met them. Most people said to expect like 500 (as kids come into the town from the county for a downtown parade), so we thought we'd prepared. Now of course, last night was warm and beautiful, so maybe it was a bit of an outlier, but I have a hard time imagining that.

BTW best costume was an entire family dressed as Addams family characters, and all of them perfectly acting their various parts and not breaking character. Also hat tip to two older boys who i guess were sort of some video game fighting characters who did a whole 'select player 1/select player 2' thing in our front yard and proceeded to go through a choreographed fight. i did give them each an extra piece for the effort, even if they were a little older than the demographic.

Where's Lexington?

 

[lucas80]

Where's Lexington?

Next to Concord. You would clearly fail the @binsfeldcyhawk2 civics test

 

[lucas80]

We went through one giant bag from Costco, so 60. I meter it 1 per kid, which is plenty.
The neighbor kids get a special bag I prep ahead of time. Two premium candy items, and pack of sugar free gum, an apple, a Capri Sun, and a microwavable package of popcorn.

 

[BrianNole777]

Next to Concord. You would clearly fail the @binsfeldcyhawk2 civics test

I thought so but wasn't sure.

I thought he still lived in D.C.

 

[The Tradition]

Massive drop off for me. Doorbell rang 11 times, usually it’s close to 30.

I don’t know enough to connect the dots but i think election winner can be predicted based on such data.

2

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

About 150 to 200 with the neigbor kids getting the full size candy bars while the randos get to take two each from the Costco bigs of chocolate candy bars or big bag of fun candy - skittles, life saver gummies, fruit chews, starburst, etc. All kids were really good and nice. Always have to say trick or treat and most said thank you. Great night and saw a couple milfs. No pics unfortunately.

 

[seminoleed]

Over 50, which was twice as many as the last two years combined. Because Cape Coral is mostly retirees, we weren't expecting much, and were surprised. And they were personable kids who always said, "Thank you." It was wonderful, actually, I almost feel guilty about putting all the Almond Joys at the bottom of our basket before we started distributing.

 

[DirtyJohns97]

Lost count at about 13 they were coming so fast.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Next to Concord. You would clearly fail the @binsfeldcyhawk2 civics test

It’s not on it

 

[jberesford]

3. Funny thing is I live parallel one street over from the trick or treat highway in town. One of those streets where everyone decorates like Christmas but with Halloween shit and it's an event. Dude I work for lives on that street and said he bought 1200 pieces of candy and ran out. When you're that close to the pipeline almost nobody ventures even one street over. Had one group of 3 girls that were walking by right when I got home and turned the light on. If I got home 30 seconds later it would have been zero.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Probably 60 or so. Lots of kids in the neighborhood. The last few we had got lucky, because they got all of the candy that was left before we turned the porch lights off.

 

[Aardvark86]

Where's Lexington?

West central va on 81/64. West of Charlottesville and north of Roanoke.

 

[Aardvark86]

I thought so but wasn't sure.

I thought he still lived in D.C.

Primary residence in va, work three days a week in dc.

 

[goldmom]

I haven’t had a trick or treater at my house in ten years. Our neighbors haven’t either.
We left out a dish full and nothing was taken.
My (no pic) daughter and I always go over to my son’s and wear our Halloween stuff and we do the candy handouts.
I’ve shared the story before but their neighborhood is insane with kids and parents who were 80’s and 90’s kids that are more into it than their offspring. We had at least 200 kids and their costumed parents pull a little red booze wagon behind. We sat beach chairs on the driveway and went through 7 giant Costco bags.
You know the best thing about it was how every single kid without fail said Thank You. There’s hope!