How do you feel about groups of teenagers from other neighborhoods coming to your door on Halloween?

Answer 1

Our community has rules about it. Trick or treat only during certain hours, the porch light has to be on or trick or treating is not allowed at that house, and you can't go farther than 5 blocks from home, and the police do enforce, if they catch some one, or someone complains.
I do not like it when people come from other neighborhoods. It teaches their kids to be greedy lawbreakers, and it takes advantage of my generosity. And that is the #1 reason most of the neighbors do not have trick or treat: they are frightened by strangers coming to their door.
I had a young, obviously well educated, well spoken, very well dressed women with a nicely costumed small child come to the door last year.. She was on the cell phone, talking fast, about where they were. It was plain she was not from this town, let alone this neighborhood. I let the kid keep the candy, with a Mom like that, he needed a little love. Never have seen her since. And no, I do not think she was the divorced Mom taking the child out in her x-husband's neighborhood.
There was a group of children come to my door 2 years ago. One taller kid slipped behind my screen door, and it scared me a little, so I looked to see what he was up to. He was gobbling down the candy I had just given him, looking at me furtively, like I might try to stop him. He was skinny, and obviously hungry, even beyond not recieving the last meal. I f I had had anything in the house to give him, like and apple, or a PB and J sandwich, I would have given it to him. They were not from this neighborhood. I looked for him the next year, he did not show up.
So, there is a little good in the situation. At least he got candy for his supper.
The teens do scare me a little, the age limit here is 14. One crowd one year tried to scare me. My Dad came to the door. He was 6'4, and weighed 200lbs. Not scared. Of anything. One kid sat down on the porch, and leered up at Dad. The kid was disabled, physically. Dad told him he could sit there. No more leering, and soon he got up and limped off to catch his "friends" who had left him alone to deal with with the scary big guy. Not of our neighborhood, either.
So, get a 6'4" scary guy to answer the door, you won't have problems!
And when the hours of trick or treat are over here, the streets clear, and the porch lights go out. No more kids, or knocks at the door. The teens and the adults are given the streets.
Check your community laws, there may be some. And call the cops if their are gangs of teens after hours. If you are afraid, tell them so. You have a right to be safe, and feel safe.
Happy Halloween everyone!

Answer 2

I have a rule of thumb - that I will give out candy to any trick-or-treaters as long as my porch light is on. When I turn out the light - I do not answer the door no matter what. I also carry in my
jack o lantern (so they can't smash it).

However - if I felt threatened in any way - like them crowding up against my door too close - or something like that - I would make them back up a little before I would open the screen door, and then I tell them to hold out their bags and I will throw the candy into their bags (kind of like a game) - that keeps them out of reach of me. Then after they have their candy - I tell them Happy Halloween - and close the door.

Answer 3

I don't care about kids from other neighborhoods coming but I honestly think teens should stay home. Halloween's trick or treating is for children. 12 years and up aren't allowed to go out begging for candy in my parents house.

Answer 4

Kind of disruptive. Last year, it was like 12:00 at night and there were still groups of them heading toward my house.

What I did:

1.) Shut off all the lights.
2.) Turn off the T.V. (so there is no sound)
3.) Stayed as still and quiet as possible.

I got to sleep soundly for the rest of the night because no one else came after I did those three things :)

Answer 5

I wouldn't mind,but I live very close to a poor neighborhood and some of those kids are not polite-plus,I have had them leave,change costumes and come back! Once they changed in their mom's car parked in front of the house! Then Mom came to my door all irate because I refused them more candy. Now I just go out or arrange to work on Halloween.

Answer 6

why does it matter seriously? i am a teenager, and in my neighborhood like 2 people give out candy, also i take my 4 year old sister trick or treating, so we go to better off areas of town, sometimes with some of my friends that live in that neighbor hood and go trick or treating there, nothing immoral or wrong about it!

Answer 7

Well for one first rule of thumb is stay in your neighborhood and just go to places and people you know. But when people from other neighborhoods come why not? you could do them the favor and go to there's

Answer 8

I don't mind as long as they aren't trying to egg or TP the house or do any other kind of atrocities in the neighborhood. If they come for candy, fine, I'll give it to them. If they don't push me, I won't push back.

Answer 9

I don't mind as long as they aren't trying to egg or TP the house or do any other kind of atrocities in the neighborhood. If they come for candy, fine, I'll give it to them. If they don't push me, I won't push back.

Answer 10

I say...smart idea, they know where the candy is. When I was young, my house was secluded in the woods...so I HAD to go to other neighborhoods. The one I live in now, there are fewer and fewer trick-or-treaters every year, so less houses participate...hence the kids go elsewhere to get more candy! :)