Banning Billboards: A Simple Fix for Urban Aesthetics
2025-04-07
City improvements often require vast sums and years of planning. However, one simple change could dramatically improve urban aesthetics: banning billboards. While city design review boards meticulously scrutinize building designs, massive, visually intrusive advertisements escape this oversight. These billboards, often placed in highly visible locations, detract from the peacefulness of the urban environment. The author argues that banning them would benefit the vast majority, with only a few billboard-owning landowners opposing the change.