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Do you go to other neighborhoods to TOT?

post #1 of 16
10/31/06 at 10:27pm
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We don't, but they "bus" them into ours and it drives me crazy! Literally ... they'll load up the back of a truck and drop them into our neighborhood! I understand that not everyone has a decent neighborhood and it wouldn't bother me in the least for a few to show up, but these kids are going from neighborhood to neighborhood and racking up some serious candy!

We were out of candy within an hour and I bought two of the huge bags and was quite greedy with it!
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post #2 of 16
10/31/06 at 10:32pm
Nope, no need to. My neighborhood is quite generous. Besides we do a lot of walking and people know us around here, so I think she gets more because of that.
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post #3 of 16
10/31/06 at 11:19pm
We stay in our neighbourhood. There are tons of houses and we know alot of the people. And it is just easier for the boys to walk around here and if they get tired we just bring them home.
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post #4 of 16
10/31/06 at 11:55pm
I don't think it's a good idea to go somewhere that you don't know the people. Unless it is some big public place, like the mall, hospital, etc. We didn't go because of weather. Plus, he doesn't know the difference yet. And we didn't have a single kid come to the house, either. But this happened to us when we lived in the condo. And big kids, too. Not little ones. They would show up early (a little after 5, when TOT was supposed to be 6-8). People would dump their kids out there and they got to hit ten doors at once. Car loads at a time. Like they were a caravan or something. We also got a lot of "My little brother is home sick. Can I have extra for him?" As soon as we got a few of those, DH decided it was time to leave and go somewhere til it was over.

When I was little, we lived in the middle of nowhere. We had one neighbor. So, we went to other neighborhoods, but only to people we knew (grandparents, aunts/uncles, close friends) who were actually expecting us.
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post #5 of 16
11/1/06 at 9:47am
We go to other neighborhoods, but we have little choice, there are about 16 apartments right here and over half don't speak English
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post #6 of 16
11/1/06 at 9:58am
Well Kinda. I take the girls to my parents and then we hit a few of their neighbors (most of whom I know from when I lived at home) then we come home and hit our little block - like 20 houses. It's more than enough candy for the two of them. Honestly who needs a boatload of candy?
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post #7 of 16
11/1/06 at 9:59am
we go to where my dh used to live where we know the majority of the people, but i don't take my kids anywhere where we don't know a lot of people.
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post #8 of 16
11/1/06 at 10:17am
We have to. There isn't any trick or treating on the mountain.
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post #9 of 16
11/1/06 at 10:24am
We don't. We took the obys around our neighborhood for an hour and then Zach was ready to get home and eat some candy. We have some kids who come who don't live here and personally I could care less. I bought the candy to give away and I always make sure I keep a couple bags in reserve just in case.
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post #10 of 16
11/1/06 at 10:24am
We have no TOT'ing in my neighborhood, so I have to take the girls somewhere else. The girls have gone to Michelle's house every year, and I bring candy to give out. I don't think it is fair for my girls to TOT and not contribute.
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post #11 of 16
11/1/06 at 10:38am
We don't have to but we get a ton of kids from the poorer parts of town (I am guessing by that.)I just know that we know all the kids in our small subdivision and we always get a ton of kids that we have never seen before. It used to bother me but now I could care less. If my subdivision was really poor and wasn't giving out candy then I would take my kids to a better subdivision too.
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post #12 of 16
11/1/06 at 10:46am
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I have no issues with people that don't have a good place to TOT coming here. Heck, I've brought friends and family to our neighborhood before. It's hard to explain, but I just *know* these truck loads are going neighborhood to neighborhood. It's not about having a safe place to have fun, it's about seeing how much candy they can rake in. I'm serious ... they have pillow cases FULL of crap and it just disgusts me! We even started going through our kids' candy and throwing back in stuff that they don't eat so we'd have enough. Still ran out shortly after 8pm and I am NOT spending more than $20 in candy when my kids don't even bring in 1/2 that much combined. Make sense?
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post #13 of 16
11/1/06 at 10:53am
Greedy lil buggars! May their teeth rot and candy melt
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post #14 of 16
11/1/06 at 1:42pm
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Well, I did chuckle to myself as I thought about the fact that they'll probably all have worse tummy aches than I did last night!
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post #15 of 16
11/1/06 at 2:34pm
Because we live out in the country, a friend of ours invited us to trick-or-treat with her child last year at their subdivision. We did that again last year and will probably continue doing it as long as they invite us since it's easier than driving house to house. I wouldn't just take my kids to a subdivision where I didn't know anyone though. At my friend's we know a few of her neighbors and we were with her for those that we didn't know.
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post #16 of 16
11/1/06 at 3:29pm
We always do our own neighborhood, but this year very few people had their lights on compared to other years. We had always stuck to our side of the street, but this year we crossed the road and went to the "other half" of our neighborhood. My kids still got a ton of candy because the ones handing it out were being super generous and giving handfuls. I think next year we might go to my M-I-L's development, we used to live there and know a lot of people.
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