This doesn't have any relevance to Austin, but it's still interesting.
A few years ago, Sao Paulo banned essentially all outdoor advertising .
Not just billboards but virtually any kind of sign. The Golden Arches are gone. So are signs painted on the sides of buildings.
Neon signs, too. Even storefront signs.
The ban was widely lauded at the time. A blow against "visual pollution" and corporate manipulation of virtuous but sadly suggestible consumers.
The advertising...
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