When you were kids, how long did you stay out trick or treating?

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We moved close to a major city recently.

I took the daughter out for Halloween and it was ghost town just after dark-nobody.

The last place was a pair of towns split by the interstate with about 25K people each.

Last year there were much older kids trick or treating and families were out over two hours past dark.

I wonder if it is just culture shock, or if times have changed for the big city people.
 
Man no parents needed used to bring a mask to school, hit houses walking home (yes we were allowed to walk home then) Change run out at say 3-330 then get home around 8 with a few shopping bags full. Parents/police/government etc were fine with it back then.
 
Halloween used to be fun. Today, not so much. We used to have kids in a steady stream for 2 hours, it has been slowly dwindling.

All of these trunk or treat and other like programs have ruined it for those that like to hand out candy.

Last night we had ONE trick or treater..................ONE!
 
Bad Sport said:
Halloween used to be fun. Today, not so much. We used to have kids in a steady stream for 2 hours, it has been slowly dwindling.

All of these trunk or treat and other like programs have ruined it for those that like to hand out candy.

Last night we had ONE trick or treater..................ONE!
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1.? Wow!

Those programs were designed to keep kids safe and parents worry free. We did them on base.

In Nebraska, programs such as that were needed when Halloween was canceled for a Blizzard. (When I was a kid, late 80’s/ early 90’s)
 
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My son says now he can't even get out of the car when he drops the kids off. you have to wait there until a school attended comes and get your kid from the car. we have an 11 and a 14 year old boy that moved in next door almost a year ago and I've seen them three times.. that's just running to the car and running back to the house... Though we did get six or seven groups of kids this year it was way off of last year.... It'll go away soon...
 
When I was a kid, I pretty much stayed out until my bag was too heavy to carry. We used pillow cases. I've lived in this house for 20 years. First few years, I couldn't hardly buy enough candy. Then all of a sudden, it just dried up. I get the "trunk or treat" thing. We live in a different world. It's just not safe for kids to walk the streets anymore.
 
Our TorT time is 6-8 pm. I think I was out till 9 when I was a kid. Damn, that was a long time ago. LOL
 
We used to go out out twice. We'd get out first pillow case full, on one set of streets, then go get another and work the other side. People had fun with it. Had a few bags stolen, life goes on. One house used to set up a haunted yard. I distinctly remember the guy jumping out of the "leaf pile grave" with a real chainsaw (chain removed, but we didn't know until later) and scare the crap out of us. It was a blast... And out parents stayed home. Had to be a hundred kids on each side of the street.

Then the flakes got into the picture and started putting needles and razor blades in candy. It late 70's early 80's. The local hospital offered to x-ray candy for free if you brought it in. Then the whole cyanide in the Tylenol bottles hit the streets and it all went down hill from there.

Luckily where I am, there are a lot of kids and people give a crap still. The neighborhood we go to is awesome. people make haunted garages, dress up and hang out on the front lawn like we used to.

The police even get into it. They are there to show a presence but they are great and hand out candy, stickers and talk to people.

All is not lost.... yet...
 
We probably had 300 kids last night. Jr. had to get more candy. We ran out after the first hour and I bet I started with $50 worth.

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We started from my sister’s house in downtown San Antonio. Older (rundown) neighborhood, that immediately runs into an older rich neighborhood. There were very old people just waiting to give candy and see/share the joy with children. Older people that were so eager for us to come up to their doorstep. I had not realized that perspective. They needed to give and share as much as my kid wanted to have fun.

I wore a Chewbacca coat the mother-in-law bought me and must have received 20+ compliments (for a coat!!) from the Star Wars generation X.
 
We use to get more than 100 kids every year. Last year it was maybe 30 and this year it was 11. It was cold as could be last night which could be one reason but there are not as many younger kids on the block anymore and hardly anyone even turns the porch light on anymore
 
9:00 -10:00 was the norm. I think in the late 60s and 70s ppl were more relaxed and nothing ever happened. Everyone had a fun time. The 80s and 90s brought out the crazies that were lacing the treats with whatever they had handy. Some kids got pretty sick and some kids even died. In the early 60s a couple of kids died when they went to push the out houses over. Lots of that happening back then. The owners had pulled the out houses ahead and kids fell into the pit. What a way to die. Kim
 
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Usually about 1 1/2 pillow cases worth. We would drag that first load around until we couldn’t carry it anymore, go dump it out at home, beg to go out for “15 more minutes”, and get about another 1/2 a case before guilt would set in, and our internal 15 minute clock was up. Usually about another hour!
 
When we got done trick or treating, we played outside till it was bed time. Usually somewhere tween 9-10. It was always a little later than we normally went to bed, cause I guess Mama and Daddy figured we could run off some sugar probably. lol
 
I mostly remember the age 12-15 period.

I remember it was one night that almost universally everyone could stay out way past the "street light rule".

As late as a couple years ago, we had 300 or more, some in NICE costumes.
 
Had it made growing up in 60s & 70s. First bag of goodies was at school as we always got treat bags from teachers. Then got to watch the peanuts great pumpkin at school before last bell.
At this point we literally ran home to get in costume and get ready.
As soon as dusk fell we were out. Escorted by older kids until we got rt. of passage to go out on own at around 10 yrs. old. Would come back home with a full pillow case of treats minimum. Staying out to 9pm or so which was huge treat unto itself. Then we would get together next day or so to do treat trading. What a great time.
 
We stayed out way past curfew that night. Parents stayed home. We go out, come home/ unload and then out again.
I grew up in the city so we could hit apartment buildings. Knock on every door at once and then collect before moving to the next floor. Cut down on time.
We'd go up to the main drag, there was a pizza joint that gave out slices. A lotta times you'd have a can of pop or a Little Hug in your bag to wash it down.
Last night we had about 30 kids. Almost all had a parent with them. Our first Halloween at this house we had 280 kids.
 
I lived in Jersey during my trick or treat years. We had to use pillow cases, because the older kids would rip and steal the candy from us if we didn't hold on tight.
We stayed out late in my latter teens. We had to egg the houses that had the lights off and didn't give out candy. lol
Yea, I was the guy who egged your house. lol
 
fishmens67 said:
I lived in Jersey during my trick or treat years. We had to use pillow cases, because the older kids would rip and steal the candy from us if we didn't hold on tight.
We stayed out late in my latter teens. We had to egg the houses that had the lights off and didn't give out candy. lol
Yea, I was the guy who egged your house. lol
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Egging and toilet papering.... Fun
I never did the flaming bag of poop though.
 
Good times for sure in the 70's. Probably be shot now for some of our antics or in jail.
 
Think of all the things we did in the 60's and 70's that are outlawed now.
I just wish I'd been born a few years earlier so I could buy a new 1971 Cuda.
 
Dfr360cuda said:
Think of all the things we did in the 60's and 70's that are outlawed now.
I just wish I'd been born a few years earlier so I could buy a new 1971 Cuda.
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How old are ya?
Back in 71 i ordered a 71 Cuda, and i was 18 at the time.
The legal age came down, back then.
Kept it for 38 years.
 
hemi71x said:
How old are ya?
Back in 71 i ordered a 71 Cuda, and i was 18 at the time.
The legal age came down, back then.
Kept it for 38 years.
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I just turned 61.
I bought my 74 in 78... Still have it.
 
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