“Part of the problem is the lazy-ass homeowners...”
In our neighborhood there were probably half of the homes that put candy out in bowls for the kids. And I know many of these homeowners and know they were out with their kids for other Halloween festivities or taking their kids trick-or-treating. So I would not make assumptions about the homeowners in each of these videos.
In addition, my grandkids kindly took one item from each of these bowls and I notice there was candy in most all of them late into the evening (hence other children were following the same example).
You cannot deny, regardless of race or other factors, there are obvious cultural differences in how people approach this long-standing tradition.
I remember even as a kid growing up in small-town America that we often were somewhat disruptive (TP houses or other such nonsense) but we never took entire bowls full of treats.
“”””I remember even as a kid growing up in small-town America that we often were somewhat disruptive (TP houses or other such nonsense) but we never took entire bowls full of treats.”””””
You reminded me of something, to be caught doing an annoying but harmless prank meant you were in trouble, but as a boy, at least you could still hold your head high as being wild and having fun, but to be caught stealing the candy that people had set in a bowl while trusting everyone, would have meant shame for you as being petty, small, sleazy, and a common thief, a branding that would last for years.