Graffiti hurts us all

I despise graffiti and anyone who thinks it is OK to express yourself by destroying public or someone else’s property. Do you agree? From AskGreen.org: Graffiti sends a message to citizens and visitors that people don’t care about their neighborhood. Graffiti also decreases property values and deters business and tourism. Community paint-brush murals can be […]

August 28, 2011; 7:53 AM • by Phil Riggan

I despise graffiti and anyone who thinks it is OK to express yourself by destroying public or someone else’s property.

Do you agree? From AskGreen.org:

Graffiti sends a message to citizens and visitors that people don’t care about their neighborhood. Graffiti also decreases property values and deters business and tourism. Community paint-brush murals can be an effective prevention strategy. Although they are occasionally defaced by graffiti, they instill a sense of pride among youth and other community members who have helped create them.

Keep America Beautiful’s Graffiti Hurts program states that graffiti is the most common type of property vandalism and that graffiti removal requires a large amount of a locality’s budget.

12 tips for graffiti prevention:

1. Encourage citizen reporting
2. Keep up the neighborhood
3. Remove graffiti promptly
4. Enforce anti-graffiti laws
5. Educate youth
6. Use an “adopt-a-spot” program
7. Create a paintbrush mural
8. Change the environment
9. Employ graffiti resistant surfaces
10. Monitor graffiti-prone locations
11. Employ curfews
12. Provide alternatives

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