Trick-or-Treating in Boise: Are Less Kids Going Door-To-Door?

Anymore, it seems that the hype and life behind Halloween has grown to something larger than life--and certainly much larger than it has been over the past several years.

Halloween has been turned into 'Hallo-Weekend' and if the dates are inconvenient--people and businesses will just make it into 3 or even 4 full days. That's a lot of costumes and candy!

How was the 'Trick or Treating' in your neck of the woods this year?

An anonymous user on Boise's 'Reddit Group' shared the following experience from Halloween in the Treasure Valley:

So I’m wondering if anyone had the same experience this Halloween: this year we had less than half of the trick or treaters we had since last year, and it makes me wonder if families are opting out of trick or treating, for trunk or treats? I’m more of a traditionalist when it comes to holidays and I’m concerned if it’s a safety culture thing that is keeping out traditional holidays alive; what do you think?

Did you notice a decline in kids out to get free candy for Halloween?

Commenters online both on Facebook in local groups and on the Boise Reddit thread have all chimed in and said that, overwhelmingly, the number of kids going out to get candy was low.

Could door-knocking be a thing of the past? Have Trunk or Treats taken over? Or are people just doing too many other Halloween things?

There isn't an answer--but one thing is for sure: we can't be losing the beloved Harrison Boulevard tradition (and there's no sign of that in sight).