L.A. Ranks #2 in Cities That Torture Dress Up Pets for Halloween
Trick or treat! But first, take a few moments to check out LivingSocial Families' Halloween survey that asked residents in 20 U.S. cities about their local Halloween scene. Los Angeles was one of the lucky cities, and some of the findings are quite entertaining.
We were hardly shocked to learn that, according to the survey, L.A. is the second most likely city to dress up pets for Halloween. We hold competitions on the art of pet costuming, thank you very much. We're pros. L.A. also ranked second in Halloween spirit. Well, we do shut down West Hollywood for an insane Halloween block party every year, so agreed, we are rather festive.
L.A. was up against the following cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, District of Columbia, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Miami, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Sacramento, Seattle, San Francisco, Tampa/St. Petersburg and Twin Cities.
Read on for a survey snapshot of the L.A. results, courtesy of LivingSocial.
Because of the economy, local families said they plan to:
*Spend less money on costumes and decorations - 33%
*Not host a Halloween party this year - 16%
*Give out less candy this year - 16%
*Make costumes rather than buy them - 12%
Percent of parents in L.A. who said they:
*Check their kids candy for tampering - 55%
*Dress up for Halloween themselves - 44%
*Steal Halloween candy from their kids - 40%
*Dress up their pets in costumes - 19%
*Have seen a ghost before - 15%
*Don’t celebrate Halloween - 4%
How do L.A. residents rank the city vs. other top 20 cities:
*Stingiest city with candy - #2
*Best for Halloween spirit - #2
*Best for trick-or-treating - #5
*Spookiest city in the country - #5
*Most ghosts and ghost stories - #7
*Best for families on Halloween - #7
*Best party city for adults on Halloween - # 11
*Most dangerous for trick-or-treating - #12
Most popular Halloween activities in L.A. (families who will participate this year):
*Trick-or-Treating with the kids - 81%
*Carving pumpkins - 63%
*Decorating the house - 62%
*Going to Halloween party for kids - 48%
*Going to a pumpkin patch - 46%
*Making Halloween arts and crafts - 44%
*Making treats for the kids’ class - 37%
*Visiting a haunted house - 37%
Top five most popular L.A. candies (named among top faves):
1) Snickers (tie) - 36%
1) M&Ms (tie) - 36%
3) Reeses - 33%
4) Twix (tie) - 30%
4) Kit Kat (tie) - 30%
*Percent of L.A. parents who think young girls dress too sexy for Halloween: 36%
*Percent of L.A. parents who TPed a house when they were younger: 21%
The survey, conducted by Mandala Research, culled from 4,000 online consumers total, 200 of which reside in the L.A. DMA with children under the age of 15.
