Woman Living in 'Rich' Neighborhood 'Ruined' Halloween for Thousands of Trick-or-Treaters

For many, Halloween is simply a nostalgic ceremony – a nighttime for laughter, costumes and community.

But for 1 homeowner, what began arsenic a beloved vicinity contented turned into a chaotic, moreover dangerous, spectacle that forced her to return matters into her ain hands.

“I unrecorded successful a ample neighborhood, astir 90 houses. We are what’s considered nan ‘rich’ neighborhood,” nan Reddit personification explained successful a post. “So our vicinity has ever been a hotspot for instrumentality aliases treaters.” 

For years, nan yearly unreserved of costumed kids was a root of joy. “We utilized to get astir 700 - 1000 kids a year,” she wrote. But recently, nan business spiraled retired of control. 

“In nan past 4 years, it’s gotten ridiculous,” she added. “There’s thousands of kids and their parents flooding nan streets, group pinch hay successful their rigs carrying kids around, trampling yards, littering candy wrappers everywhere.”

Her vexation reached a breaking constituent 1 Halloween nighttime erstwhile nan festivities turned into a nightmare. 

“My girl tripped and collapsed her arm… and location were truthful galore group successful our neighborhood, we couldn’t get out,” she recalled. “There were cars everywhere, lining nan streets, parked successful people’s yards, it was horrible. We had to hold until everyone near (about 1 am) to spell to nan hospital. My girl had to hold successful symptom for HOURS.”

That moment, she said, changed everything. Concerned for information and order, she and her neighbors took action. 

“I contacted nan vicinity organization and we managed to get immoderate folks (cops mostly) to guidelines astatine nan gross pinch a database and only fto successful definite people. (folks that unrecorded here, family members, friends),” she explained. 

As a result, only astir 300 children were fto into nan vicinity and location was hardly immoderate trash aliases congestion. However, not everyone agreed pinch nan caller restrictions. 

When she told her sister astir nan plan, she was met pinch anger and disappointment. “She told maine I was a horrible personification for ruining thousands of kids’ Halloween,” nan mother shared. 

Her sister reminded her that arsenic children, they often had to spell to different neighborhoods to trick-or-treat because their trailer parkland “had nary different kids.” 

But for nan Reddit user, information and accessibility came first. “It was a hazard, if location was a occurrence aliases an emergency, nary 1 would beryllium capable to get successful to help.”

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Many commenters sided pinch nan original poster, saying she made nan correct telephone to protect her family and guarantee information for everyone successful nan neighborhood.

“What if alternatively of a surgery arm, your girl (or anyone other who lived location aliases anyone who was conscionable visiting nan vicinity for nan festivities) had a bosom attack, aliases a stroke, aliases an anaphylactic allergic reaction, aliases immoderate number of different time-contingent aesculapian emergency?” 1 personification questioned. “Halloween successful your vicinity had go a wellness and information hazard.”

Another emphasized that neighborhoods are not carnival grounds, adding, “If nan number of group and vehicles obstruct fundamentally services past that’s beyond ridiculous.”