Yea but unilaterally imposing your sense of aesthetic to everyone else ?
I do not find those graffiti attractive. It is not art, like a huge beautiful wall mural, it is rather the human equivalent of dogs peeing on trees to mark their territory.
I do not find those graffiti attractive. It is not art, like a huge beautiful wall mural, it is rather the human equivalent of dogs peeing on trees to mark their territory.
...is what billboards do as well. And certainly they have more nefarious purposes than just "marking territory" or getting cred or just showing off your skill at writing stylized letters.
Now lets apply the same standard to graffiti.
Those people have rights to vote for politicians, or run for local offices, who control such billboards. They should exercise those rights.
Personally, I like some grafitti, but I'm absolutely against tagging. It is immoral, unethical, and thuggish behavior. When property owners put up graffiti of their own (or commission an artist to do it), I think it can be a nice splash of color in an urban environ.
not really. in theory there is some kind of process where we could collectively decide about the existence / frequency / size of billboards, as can be seen in many towns that have advertising banned, or as can be seen when you contrast New York with any European city.
with wanna be gangster teenagers and adults with Peter Pan syndrome ? not really.
p.s. I hate billboards as well, if you ask me both should not exist
Times square is a disaster the magnitude of which cannot be found in Europe.
Who is Times Square for but Europeans and other tourists? Do you think New Yorkers go there to see the latest billboards? I feel bad for anyone I know who has to work in the few big towers in times square.
Europe has destinations that are way more touristic than Times Square, and you cannot find this atrocity.
>Europe has destinations that are way more touristic than Times Square, and you cannot find this atrocity.
Okay? It's not New Yorkers going there to gawk.
It is the exact opposite of this. It's extraordinarily difficult. That some cities have done it shows that it's possible, not that it's easy.