When the HOA puts up a sign to keep out the riff raff.

[StrictlyRockers]

I don't know, it just doesn't seem to me like this is in keeping with the spirit of Halloween. I want more kids to come!

[Xavier Breath]

1. So, the kids need to show proof of neighborhood residency before you drop the mini-Snickers into their bag?

Or, if you don't recognize the parents, do you shriek like a lunatic at everyone to get off of your property?

Happy Halloween, I guess?

[Bobstandard]

2. Whoever masked identifying info on the sign-wrong.

Folks like those erecting that sign deserve exposure and whatever vituperatude results

[usonian]

3. Use an infared viewer.

Just kidding.

[Mister Ed]

4. What makes Halloween happy for me is that my neighborhood attracts less-advantaged kids from other areas.

My neighborhood is a trick-or-treatet's paradise: a safe and pleasant neighborhood with many houses, close together. We have nice wide sidewalks, and almost every household offers treats

We get 300 to 400 hundred kids coming to our door, and I'd guess only about half of them are from our immediate neighborhood. Many of the others, I would guess, are from less-advantaged neighborhoods far away. I sure feel honored that they like coming to my door. More than anything else, it's what makes Halloween happy for me.

[oasis]

6. You and your neighbors are outstanding folks.

[Gore1FL]

5. How cheap. nt

[Greg_In_SF]

7. I absolutely approve of this.

I moved to a gated community for a reason. Outsiders are not allowed in the other 364 days of the year and Halloween is no exception.

[NoRethugFriends]

8. What a sweetheart

[Greg_In_SF]

9. Thank you!

I really enjoy living in a gated community with 24-hour manned security. I feel very safe here.

I close on the home this Monday

[FHRRK]

13. You do you buddy!

But Trick or Treating Kids scare you?

[Greg_In_SF]

14. I always do me

Dureing Hurricane Ian, we had a bridge destroyed which meant many people could not get to their homes, requiring the opening of a unsecured gate at the back of the neighborhood.

We experienced stolen cars, stolen bikes, home burglaries and home invasions.

But thanks for you cute little question

[bluestarone]

17. Sounds like a great RETHUG point of view to me

[Greg_In_SF]

19. Only Republicans

want to live in a safe gated community??

[bluestarone]

20. Like i said before

[Greg_In_SF]

21. Okay

LOL.

[Melon]

10. My area has no crime....except for Halloween and twice a year when we have garage sales

My car was hit 10 years ago on Halloween. Now it seems more quiet. Our immediate area is higher end so people use to drive in and line the streets. Along with this came a lot of petty theft. So…I kinda get this.

[nilram]

11. Scariest costume: HOA president

[Stacey Grove]

12. This is a perfect thread

for people to out themselves.

[MineralMan]

15. Well, this thread has turned out to expose some interesting stuff.

My wife and I miss trick or treaters. Our current location, a small townhome development, just isn't attractive to Halloween visitors. We'd love to have them. At our previous house, we averaged about 200 kids each Halloween trooping up to our front door. We handed out full-sized candy bars, so our house was very popular. All the children, who represented the full spectrum of ethnicities in St. Paul, MN, were polite, happy, and were a joy to watch.

We don't get kids any longer. We're just not on a route that would bring children to our door. More's the pity.

We miss them.

[Happy Hoosier]

16. We had a lot of kids from outside the neighborhood

It was AWESOME. The more the better.

[Johonny]

18. Someone wants the houses TP'd and egged

Because that's how you end up TP'd and egged.

[gulliver]

22. As a Democrat and liberal I respect the law and democracy

It's possible this HOA is near locations that are underserved by law enforcement. If there are no tough police forces nearby, then you have to worry, not about children, but about teens ruining Halloween for everybody by showing up.

Also, if you have people driving in from surrounding areas, that increases traffic in the neighborhood exactly at the time children are roaming the streets. I really can't believe anyone who has the least particle of empathy would endanger the safety of the neighborhood children by encouraging drive-ins. All in the service of eating too much sugar.

Finally, as a Democrat and liberal, I respect democracy. I'm sure the HOA policy represents the voted will of the neighborhood. The neighborhood owes no one any explanation. Their vote is their voice. Their voice is their will. Done.

[LudwigPastorius]

23. I'm just surprised they're not requiring proof of citizenship.

...and have a contingent of ICEholes standing by to shackle the offenders.