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I live in the area of Grenoble, a french city leaded by ecologists than banned ads several years ago (since 2014 if I'm correct). This is a pleasure, or, more p
by n0n0n4t0r 5y ago
I live in the area of Grenoble, a french city leaded by ecologists than banned ads several years ago (since 2014 if I'm correct).
This is a pleasure, or, more precisely, I feel overwhelmed when I exit my city and am surrounded by so many ads!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.france24.com/en/20141124-french-city-grenoble-bans-advertising-favour-trees https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.france24.com/en/20141124-fr...
- goodcanadian 5y agoThe state of Hawaii also bans most ads and billboards (they are considered to take away from the natural beauty, which, of course, is a big tourism draw). I find it odd that there is even much debate about it and that most places do not have laws like this: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol10_ch0436-0474/HRS0445/HRS_0445-0112.htm https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol10_ch0436-0474/...
- niij 5y agoI agree they're generally ugly. But I assume most places don't ban them due to freedom of speech and private property considerations.
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoHow are ads freedom of speech though? Unless it's the old "corporations are people" again. I invite any CEO to personally walk around my city with a banner of their choosing. Being allowed to spend millions of dollars to make kids addicted to smoking and drinking isn't free speech, it's legalized crime.
- n0n0n4t0r 5y agoIMHO, Freedom of speech is a very american concept, so I don't think it applies worldwide. Nevertheless, adds are almost always authorized.
- goodcanadian 5y agoHawaii is part of the United States, though, so clearly, even the American version of the "freedom of speech" argument is not an issue.
- grapescheesee 5y agoAMP link is ironically perfect for this ..
- SyzygistSix 5y agoNon-AMP link: https://www.france24.com/en/20141124-french-city-grenoble-bans-advertising-favour-trees https://www.france24.com/en/20141124-french-city-grenoble-ba...
- tasty_freeze 5y agoAustin, TX long ago passed a law that said a billboard can be used to advertise only for the business on the parcel of land where the billboard is physically located. Thus, a car repair shop could have a billboard advertising themselves, but they are not allowed to lease it out to advertise, say, a tanning salon that is not on the same site. At the time it was passed, any existing billboards were granted an exemption, and can be leased to show arbitrary ads. There has been a trend to replace those billboards with digital versions. Austin passed a law to prevent such conversions, but it has been challenged up to the Supreme Court, as the advertising companies which own all those "analog" billboards claim their first amendment rights have been violated. https://www.kut.org/austin/2021-11-09/austins-billboards-supreme-court-first-amendment-speech-content https://www.kut.org/austin/2021-11-09/austins-billboards-sup...
- specialist 5y agoBecause corporations are people and so therefore have exceptional claim to Freedom Speeches™ denied us mere humans (natural persons). The 5-4 podcast about the SCOTUS covers these (and other) pro-corporation decisions. https://www.fivefourpod.com https://www.fivefourpod.com Basically the ELI5 treatment for those of us completely ignorant of the law. Highest recommendation.
- tasty_freeze 5y agoThanks -- I was just searching "best podcasts of 2021".
- black_puppydog 5y agoCame here to write this. Grenoble rocks :)
- matbatt38 5y agoJust so you know, they didn't actually replaced them by trees. And they didn't stop ads in the bus stop even after 2019. But having no other ads is already nice !