A number of states in the U.S. ban them as well. Re: Vermont: "By all accounts, getting the billboard legislation passed was no easy task. It was 1968. And the

A number of states in the U.S. ban them as well. Re: Vermont: "By all accounts, getting the billboard legislation passed was no easy task. It was 1968. And there was deep opposition to the proposed ban, from businesses who relied on the advertising, and from farmers, who made money by leasing their land to billboard companies." http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/78949/billboard-ban-turns-40/ http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/78949/billboard-ban-turns-40/