Saturday, April 3, 2010

Graffiti a Public Nuisance that Deteriorates

It's spring time, the snow is gone, and the cities in this state are in store for a much needed spring cleaning. But you would think I was talking about all of the trash littering the city street. Not so. There is the eye sore of graffiti littering our city buildings and bridges that wasn't hidden by the snow. But it was too cold to do much about it. But that didn't seem to slow down the self proclaimed street artist from spreading their unsightly  trash on our buildings, garage doors, windows and overpasses.

Now is the time for graffiti removal businesses like M&M Mobil Wash to hit the streets with a vengeance. Gang signs are everywhere, and the residents are fighting back because they are not only concerned about the writing on the walls, but also the property values of the surrounding area. Because graffiti artist don't tamper with the main streets of the thriving city. They are active on the outskirts of the town. Which is where the suburbs begin to spread out. Graffiti is spreading to the alleyways then on to the garages and back of homes, leaving an unsightly mess, and property values are plummeting.

Residents are in high gear to have this graffiti trash removed and are forming community watches to see that this sort of violation to their property is stopped. Now it's a matter of removing the graffiti from the building of the outskirts of the city where the industrial and manufacturing businesses thrive. The industrial area is an easy mark for graffiti vandals due to the lack of traffic in those areas. Now the city crews will be in high gear to clean up the painted mess with chemicals and pressure washers. Removing gang signs, crude pictures, and some very well done artwork.

Residents are encouraged to call law enforcement as soon as they spot the vandals at work. Passerby's and potential residents of the community perceive by the condition of the area via the graffiti, that law enforcement that is supposed to protect the community from such vandalism of private property, is not actively patrolling and protecting the residents of the community. The notion that encourages a feeling of disrespect that the vandals have for the law speaks poorly of the community and will eventually lead to urban decay. In turn the property values will plummet and our city will soon be turned over to an overwhelming abundance of crime and in a deteriorating community. Immediate action needs to be taken to insure that the visual pollution of graffiti is removed and halted.

Source: http://www.prlog.org/10608620-graffiti-public-nuisance-that-deteriorates.html

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