Light turn out in the Santa Clarita Valley.

[Gold Metal Flake]

Lethargic response by kids and 'rents alike. I flooded the culdesac with fog fer nuthin'. :(

At least the boy brought home some Baby Ruths for the dad. :9

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Opposite Reaction!

The turnout's been light here too...

In the South Bay...

We've had only a few groups--though I grant you they were BIG!

I'm afraid I bought too much candy...

:9

[Gold Metal Flake]

2. Hi, Ms. Peggy!

Well, the traffic got steady and when we ran out of goodies I packjed it in. I had the fogger cranked up and now that's all I can smell. Turnout seems to be cyclical, and this was a down year.

'Night! :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

3. It was light here as well (MasterPlanistan)

My husband tended the door tonight and said only 6 children stopped by.

My daughter and I went with one of her friends to their neighborhood (more families in their neighborhood).

[Capn Sunshine]

4. Do you think that the demographics are changing in your area?

Started about 5 years ago here; less kids than ever before. Less each year, until now, ony two showed up.

I think that most families with kids might be priced out around here. (Sunset Hills, Thousand Oaks, ventura County)

[LibDemAlways]

5. You're near me. I'm in Oak Park. I always take my

daughter to the Deer Springs neighborhood of Calabasas Hills off the 101 at Lost Hills for trick-or-treating. People come from miles around. Very festive. A lot of people decorate big and people sit in their driveways in lawn chairs to hand out candy. It's a lot of fun. Been doing it since my daughter was 3 and she's 14 now.

My neighborhood is like yours - dead. Very few small kids around here anymore, and lots of people go up to the newer tracts where the houses are close together - more bang for the buck.

[marzipanni]

6. Our demographics haven't changed but there has been a noticeable steady drop in numbers visiting us

for the last eight years, or so. October 2001 was an extremely quiet year.

[puerco-bellies]

7. We had quite a few early birds.

The kids went with their friends to different parts of town. We left about 6:30 to go to one of my old friends for dinner and left the candy bowl on the porch. I believe it may have been licked clean :-)

[orleans]

8. turnout not as good around me tonight as it has been the last few years

and the weather was mild with no rain.

what i did notice also was that very few of these kids say "thank you" and only about half can be bothered to say "trick or treat" -- half of them knock at the door and just stand there saying nothing when you open the door.

apparently parents are too busy taking pictures of their kids at the front door of houses to teach them a few of the basics for this holiday