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msanthrope

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6. Ahem--this is where I live. The exact neighborhood. And I know every, single person he talked to.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 09:07 AM

Mar 2013

To 'Eileen and Bruce', the couple complaining about Halloween? I would tell them to stop practicing de facto "White-o-ween" and stop blaming those poor kids.

Some parents just don't give a shit enough to get/make their kids costumes. Just like some parents send their kids around with the crappiest bags, ever. I can't tell you how many times I've replaced Halloween bags for kids, and I think this year, I'll get a supply of bags and leave them out the same way I leave mini pumpkins out.

Also, I'd tell 'Eileen and Bruce' that no teen in America, white or black, dresses up, but they still want candy! I give 'em a single DumDum and chide them. They always take it good naturedly.

Halloween is a great night in this neighborhood. I wish I saw my neighbors and their kids, more. My family chooses to have a great time....I usually scare the crap out the kids.

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This article is blowing up Philly. And it's about to blow up nationally [View all] cali Mar 2013 OP

100% support and solidarity for Mayor Nutter, one of the great people in the nation graham4anything Mar 2013 #1

Yet the same Nutter is trying to break the city unions BumRushDaShow Mar 2013 #10

Teachers too proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #18

I am a white woman. I work in predominantly black neighborhoods, often being the only white person Squinch Mar 2013 #2

Robert Huber is not a woman. He is the writer. cali Mar 2013 #3

Wow, thanks. I don't know why I thought it was a woman, even after reading the whole thing. Squinch Mar 2013 #5

I would have liked Mr. Huber to interview some of the long-time Black homeowners south of Girard. msanthrope Mar 2013 #9

I'll defer to your knowledge, as a resident of the community being discussed, BUT Squinch Mar 2013 #12

I respectfully disagree with you on a particular point--not one of those interviewed would have msanthrope Mar 2013 #19

OK. I am probably missing some nuances that are clear to people in the local area. Squinch Mar 2013 #21

Very cogent points about the "seemingly permanent black underclass"...... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #14

The author observes something Shivering Jemmy Mar 2013 #4

Ahem--this is where I live. The exact neighborhood. And I know every, single person he talked to. msanthrope Mar 2013 #6

Thank you - Halloween ever since I can remember . . . hatrack Mar 2013 #7

Exactly....no teen dresses up, and they are all a bit snotty...so my husband and I msanthrope Mar 2013 #8

Yup. Most as they get older don't dress up, but still want free candy. graham4anything Mar 2013 #11

My wife and I tell the teen trick-or-treaters, MineralMan Mar 2013 #15

Last year, one paused long enough from her smartphone to snap my picture, in full costume, msanthrope Mar 2013 #16

We love it. This past year we had almost 200 MineralMan Mar 2013 #17

I get at least 300. I've got a reputation. I know how to make a toe-pincher msanthrope Mar 2013 #20

Every so often when the local media is bored BumRushDaShow Mar 2013 #13