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Old 10-31-2011 | 10:44 PM
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another year comes and goes with no trick or treaters. The times have passed us by the big new housing addition up the road has taken over
Hate to see the days of kids not coming by but at the same time nice to know I do not have to go to the door every 5 minutes.
Old 10-31-2011 | 11:00 PM
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i had 11.
Old 11-01-2011 | 02:28 AM
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Old 11-01-2011 | 04:09 AM
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None... that I know of. I worked.
Old 11-01-2011 | 04:39 PM
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Doorbell rang 4 times. Slow night.
Old 11-01-2011 | 04:55 PM
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35 kids in our hood, i swear a buss drops them off. We gave out full size chocolate bars in zip lock bags full of gum and other treats. I wanted to be "that neighbor" this year.

Last year was pitiful, maybe 10 kids
Old 11-01-2011 | 05:11 PM
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Couple dozen over the span of about two hours. Mostly young kids, a lot either riding in cars or with mom and dad in the car following them down the street.

I did have one guy wearing a local community college sweatshirt come to our door.
Old 11-02-2011 | 03:54 AM
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Riding in cars? Kids these days can't even walk wtf.

Me and my buddies use to rollerblade and hit +100 houses in a few hours.
Old 11-02-2011 | 08:32 AM
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Times have changed so much, more traffic and so much easier for a child to be grabbed than what it was 15-20 yrs ago. Back in our day no one gave a thought about eating homemade candy such as popcorn ball,fudge,chocochip cookies and stuff like that.
You did not give second thought to going into a strange home in the neighboirhood and eating something.
Today you have so many less than upstanding citizens in a community you have to watch your kids
Now you have to throw away anything un wrapped or that appears to have been open
There are so many people now forgot when they were a kid and can get reaaly gruff with kids of today and Lord forbid if some kid does a trick this time and day. There would be a full scale investigation and probaly want to prosecute and hold the parent liabel
It may be the way it is worded and only caught a glimpse of it " As a crowd tried crossing a road 12 killed halloween night ". It may meant a 12 y/o was killed and not 12 people
Old 11-02-2011 | 12:46 PM
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I was sickened by this years turnout. The neighborhood had scheduled trick or treating from 1200-1500 on the day before Halloween. The only kids I saw out were a bunch of teenagers that weren't even wearing costumes. As a society, I think we have let our paranoia of what *might* happen take over us enjoying our lives.

In 2010 The U.S. Department of Justice reported

797,500 children (younger than 18) were reported missing in a one-year period of time studied resulting in an average of 2,185 children being reported missing each day.
203,900 children were the victims of family abductions.
58,200 children were the victims of non-family abductions.
115 children were the victims of “stereotypical” kidnapping. (These crimes involve someone the child does not know or someone of slight acquaintance, who holds the child overnight, transports the child 50 miles or more, kills the child, demands ransom, or intends to keep the child permanently.)

The math equates to your child stands a .07 percent chance of being abducted. If there is a parent actively watching, the percent drops to near zero.

Point is, our paranoia of kids getting taken on any given day or circumstance is without merit, but is pushed into our psyche by the nonstop barrage of themed television shows and news reports.



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