Trick-or-treating -- how old is too old?

Kevin Karplus wrote:
On 2006-09-17, Dawn wrote:
Come to think of it, why not think of it that way? Wouldn't you
*prefer* she still wanted to trick-or-treat as opposed to the other
things teens do on Halloween?

In Santa Cruz, CA, Halloween is probably the biggest party night of
the year, with 25,000 people crowding into a few blocks downtown (the
city population is about 55,000 and the county about 250,000). Last
year the party got out of hand with 7 gang-related stabbings, with all
6 of the county's ambulances in use, plus the 2 LifeFlight
helicopters.

I'd much rather see the teens asking for handouts of candy, costumes
or not.

Well, with a comparative like that, of course.

But it's really not that big of a deal where I live. Halloween has
practically died due to lack of interest.

beeswing