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I grew up in Alaska which has a billboard ban. And then I went to Florida for university, and while there was a lot of culture shock I really think that the in your face billboards everywhere where the biggest bit.

Huge aggressive grabs for attention when you really should be paying attention to the road really should not be allowed.

>>nmcfar+(OP)
So fascinating. I’ve grown up on the east coast and it never even occurred to me as a possibility until a HN thread yesterday.

Alaska, Hawaii, and Vermont are way ahead of the rest of the country on this, that’s for sure.

>>iambat+K
Similar here but sort of the opposite, grew up with advertising and I didn't think it could possibly get worse. Then I visited Florida for the first time in a long time and I saw a floating ad on the water. Killed the trip entirely for me.

>>nmcfar+(OP)
I do find billboards annoying, but they're like 2% of the problem.

>>iambat+K
I once made a long drive through Vermont and was stunned at the absence of car-culture detritus compared to almost any other freeway I've seen in the US. Without all the gas stations and strip malls you can barely see the highway from a distance; it just disappears into the forest.

>>kelnos+a9
Kill billboards and you move the Overton window. Billboards are a no-brainer, so if we can't control them then we have no hope for any ads of any sort. If we can eliminate them then we can start on the next thing.