I was fortunate enough to live most of my childhood in a safe, middle class neighborhood, but there was a short period of time that my was forced to live in a not so great neighborhood. For our safety, we were taken to a better neighborhood for trick-or-treating, so this really hits close to home.

Just in time for Halloween, a woman showed what a witch she is by writing into the column "Dear Prudence" on the news site Slate. The woman wrote in complaining about how she lives in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in America and hates when kids from poorer neighborhoods are dropped off on her street to trick-or-treat.

Here's what was written:

I live in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country, but on one of the more “modest” streets—mostly doctors and lawyers and family business owners. (A few blocks away are billionaires, families with famous last names, media moguls, etc.) I have noticed that on Halloween, what seems like 75 percent of the trick-or-treaters are clearly not from this neighborhood. Kids arrive in overflowing cars from less fortunate areas. I feel this is inappropriate. Halloween isn’t a social service or a charity in which I have to buy candy for less fortunate children. Obviously this makes me feel like a terrible person, because what’s the big deal about making less fortunate kids happy on a holiday? But it just bugs me, because we already pay more than enough taxes toward actual social services. Should Halloween be a neighborhood activity, or is it legitimately a free-for-all in which people hunt down the best candy grounds for their kids? —Halloween for the 99 Percent

That's right- this ever oh-so-lovely woman said, "Halloween isn’t a social service or a charity in which I have to buy candy for less fortunate children."

Unbelievable.

Thankfully, Prudence snapped back saying:

Dear 99, In the urban neighborhood where I used to live, families who were not from the immediate area would come in fairly large groups to trick-or-treat on our streets, which were safe, well-lit, and full of people overstocked with candy. It was delightful to see the little mermaids, spider-men, ghosts, and the occasional axe murderer excitedly run up and down our front steps, having the time of their lives. So we’d spend an extra $20 to make sure we had enough candy for kids who weren’t as fortunate as ours. There you are, 99, on the impoverished side of Greenwich or Beverly Hills, with the other struggling lawyers, doctors, and business owners. Your whine makes me kind of wish that people from the actual poor side of town come this year not with scary costumes but with real pitchforks. Stop being callous and miserly and go to Costco, you cheapskate, and get enough candy to fill the bags of the kids who come one day a year to marvel at how the 1 percent live. —Prudie

Although I'm doubtful the words of Prudence will change the woman's heart, I can hold onto the hope they will.

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