I think many times, what effect on people it will have, if those grey facades will be painted in bright positive colors (tastefully chosen). Of course it is on

I think many times, what effect on people it will have, if those grey facades will be painted in bright positive colors (tastefully chosen). Of course it is only painting over the problems, but it could give people energy to care about the surroundings, encourage change. Perhaps there are more effective city planning initiatives, but paint is relatively cheap. Not related to Bucharest, I heard a story where during WWII liberation, an officer has packed lipsticks as an aid for concentration camp survivors. Restoring human dignity seem to have had a greater effect, than just to receive the necessities (food and clothes). I see in Africa and India people are throwing garbage onto streets, they do not care about immediate surroundings. How helpful it would be generally for the health of a nation, if people would clean up just a little bit around themselves? How difficult is it in fact to implement the "No Broken Windows" policy?