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?
Definitely a lot quieter here as well - we live in a neighborhood in a rural town. Not many options to go trick or treating here. We did get maybe 40-50 kids last night, but in past years (definitely before Covid), it was more like a few hundred. People would drive their kids from the area here and let them loose. We had to have the cops drive around the neighborhood to make sure everyone was safe. Definitely different last night. Still lots of little kids, but very few teens. Used to be the other way around. We have lots of candy left …