Capitol Hill Trick or Treaters

[Anonymous]

Were folks this upset when Sasha and Malia Obama were trick or treating on East Capitol a couple years back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Capitol Hill is a big area. How do you know those kids don't live there?

Yes, Eastern Capitol Hill is very diverse.

So is Barney Circle, I mean Hill East.

[Anonymous]

For an interesting take on this issue:

http://www.mamohanraj.com

scroll down to -

Oct 31 - 7:22 pm "race/class stuff"

[Anonymous]

Honestly, OP, and the others complaining (I hope at least some of these are ironic), what's wrong with you?

I don't live near the hlll (used to, and I'm still on MOTH, so please, complain there so I know who you are, okay?) but our neighborhood is 99 percent elderly. They don't participate in trick or treat. So we drove our three year old one neighborhood over and met up with a bunch of his little friends and walked the streets there.

Am I a bad person? Because I wanted my little dude to have some fun trick or treating? Incidentally, we don't even let him eat most of the candy - we give it away. He just wants to have some freaking fun. Damn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, OP, and the others complaining (I hope at least some of these are ironic), what's wrong with you?

I don't live near the hlll (used to, and I'm still on MOTH, so please, complain there so I know who you are, okay?) but our neighborhood is 99 percent elderly. They don't participate in trick or treat. So we drove our three year old one neighborhood over and met up with a bunch of his little friends and walked the streets there.

Am I a bad person? Because I wanted my little dude to have some fun trick or treating? Incidentally, we don't even let him eat most of the candy - we give it away. He just wants to have some freaking fun. Damn.

Except for the one trollish poster, I don't really think people who live on the Hill were complaining, just expressing surprise at the number of children who participate. Calm down and come back to the Hill next year. It is a crazy scene, but most people learn to get into the spirit of the chaos once they know what to expect.

[Anonymous]

I live 2 blocks from E. Market and went through 10 pounds of candy in under an hour. I opened the door at one point and couldn't close it for 15 min after that -- there was just a steady stream of people one after another. After that, I took a chair out and just sat outside to give out candy. I loved seeing all the kids. The best thing is that I ran out of candy just in time to put my 2 year old to bed.

[Anonymous]

We live in duPont. Two years ago we sat outside and got no trick or treaters. So last year we went to my friend's house in Capitol Hill and set out from there, which was super fun. But I'm sure OP would have assumed with my blonde son that we lived there and so were welcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I live on the Northeast side of the Hill (near Lincoln Park) and we don't get any TOTers. On the Hill there are a few areas that are known to be the go-to places to TOT so everyone goes there. We usually take bags of candy over to a friend's house on East Capitol because they get so many kids and it is pointless to sit at our house when nobody comes. There are a lot of kids who live in our neighborhood, but because people historically haven't come to the door most of my neighbors don't bother to have candy on hand, which further concentrates the TOTers to the active parts of the Hill. I wish we would get more at our house, but it is fun to go down and participate on East Capitol. Maybe next year you should invite over some Hill friends from less active parts of the neighborhood, have them bring over their candy, and have a Halloween party.

I also get the point of your post. Anyone who hasn't been in the thick of a Hill Halloween can't appreciate the sheer craziness and masses of people that are part of it.

Yes, going up to East Capitol is the "thing to do." We live in Hill East and my kid - back in the day when she was young and ToTed - would meet up with friends who lived near East Capitol and go there specifically to ToT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, OP, and the others complaining (I hope at least some of these are ironic), what's wrong with you?

I don't live near the hlll (used to, and I'm still on MOTH, so please, complain there so I know who you are, okay?) but our neighborhood is 99 percent elderly. They don't participate in trick or treat. So we drove our three year old one neighborhood over and met up with a bunch of his little friends and walked the streets there.

Am I a bad person? Because I wanted my little dude to have some fun trick or treating? Incidentally, we don't even let him eat most of the candy - we give it away. He just wants to have some freaking fun. Damn.

Except for the one trollish poster, I don't really think people who live on the Hill were complaining, just expressing surprise at the number of children who participate. Calm down and come back to the Hill next year. It is a crazy scene, but most people learn to get into the spirit of the chaos once they know what to expect.

Calm down? Uh, okay. I didn't trick or treat on the Hill, never said that, in fact, said we don't live near the hill anymore but did go one neighborhood over from our own (new) home to trick or treat. so don't worry, I wasn't one of the usurpers in your neighborhood. And, my irritated post was addressing the OP and the other irate person worried about the interlopers lurking her neighborhood. Sorry, but if you're her, you're gross. And if you're not her, pipe down because I wasn't talking to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is SHOCKING to me that people judge where kids trick or treat. They're KIDS. Having FUN. You should all be deeply ashamed of yourselves. I wish we'd gotten more kids - the more the better! It actually turns my stomach to read some of these posts.

This x 1000.

[Anonymous]

ToTing on the Hill is a family tradition. I no longer live there but still take DC there each year. My mom used to take me as a kid and its known for being a great Halloween spot for families.

I had planned to come on here to thank the many families who give out candy a big thanks for keeping up tradition. We had a great time again!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live 2 blocks from E. Market and went through 10 pounds of candy in under an hour. I opened the door at one point and couldn't close it for 15 min after that -- there was just a steady stream of people one after another. After that, I took a chair out and just sat outside to give out candy. I loved seeing all the kids. The best thing is that I ran out of candy just in time to put my 2 year old to bed.

I'm the PP. Thank you for doing this!! This is why Halloween is so much fun, because of families like yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live near Marion Park on Capitol Hill - there were hordes of trick or treaters last night, and I would guess 95% of them do not live in the (nearby) neighborhood. Where do they come from?

Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the tip for next year everyone, should we take public transportation or is there usually enough parking on the street?