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Re:A global movement to ban urban billboards by philwelch on Monday October 12, 2015 @02:23AM (#10372837)
Sao Paulo banned outdoor advertising a few years ago and most people there thought it was an improvement. Sorry for linking to Buzzfeed but this is the only link I could find with good before-and-after shots: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/sao-paulo-the-city-with-no-ou...
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Re:A global movement to ban urban billboards by danjayh on Monday October 12, 2015 @03:15AM (#10372985)
Thought I was going to like the ad-free, but it turns out I actually like the 'before' shots better. Maybe there's a happy medium?
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Re:A global movement to ban urban billboards by wldcordeiro on Monday October 12, 2015 @08:45AM (#10374123)
It would be better if they actually took down the billboards and not just the ads that were hung on them.
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