Still 20-30 minutes before trick or treating starts here, but I understand from my neighbors that we will get few, if any. These days, it seems, parents drive kids to several prosperous, densely packed subdivisions in the area rather than take them around their own neighborhood, where there is more walking (and perhaps the treats are not as upscale?)

In my old neighborhood I noticed a steady decline over the past 10 years.

Like gnu and Alice, I miss seeing the little ones.