Sweet Graffiti and other acts of wholesome vandalism

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Possible strategy to make apartments affordable again... (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Alt Text: A grey post with graffiti of a 3-eyed dragon, mouth open and tongue sticking out, with text that says “Graffiti keeps rent low fuck shit up ❤️”.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think the point is that gentrified areas are prim and proper and tagging pushes back on the gentrified aesthetic.

There's also the phenomenon of guerrilla gardening beautifying a neighbourhood, which can cause developers to take note of it as a "desireable area" and bring luxury development. Tagging has the opposite effect.

I don't know enough about Berlin to comment there, but it can be true that city can still have a high average rent, at the same time as tagging a building and the surrounding area can decrease rent by deterring rich people.