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Article Analysis: Wiping Out Graffiti In Houston

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Charlie Works Mrs. Tomczak Language Arts 12 March 2024 Graffiti is art, it can be one of the best creations you have ever seen, and it can be anything you can imagine, but all of that can come at a cost. Graffiti is also vandalism, it can promote gang violence, racial slurs, damage property, and make property value go down. In the article “Wiping Out Graffiti in Houston” it claims “all graffiti is vandalism” by the city of Houston, department of neighborhoods. Graffiti comes at a hefty price to clean, in one year it costs 300-900 million dollars a year to clean up graffiti. Anyone can do graffiti. 10% of graffiti is from gangs, pre-teens are responsible for 50% of graffiti. In the article wiping out graffiti in Houston “the average age of …show more content…

It is true that graffiti can be considered vandalism but how graffiti is vandalism. In the article “Wiping out Graffiti in Houston’ by city of Houston, departments of neighborhoods it claims” you’ve probably seen graffiti somewhere in your community, it can be words, colors, shapes, on overpasses, train cars, desks, buildings Its all done without permission and it’s against the law. Even though it might be art, and it might be cool it is not allowed, it is against the law and if your caught doing it you could be arrested pr a fine. It is illegal because they do not have permission to do what they are doing. In the article “the Problem with graffiti” by Deborah Lamm Weasel it says “graffiti is not an isolated problem it is often related to other things like, public disorder, littering, shop lifting of materials needed like paint, and brushes. Even if you consider graffiti as being something people who go against it can claim, even if it is art, it still causes issues like stolen objects and broken property. In the article “Wiping Out Graffiti in Houston” it claims, “Gang graffiti is communication used to promote the gang, mark territory, make rivals and alliances, and announce the gang’s presence in a community; it can also threaten violence.” Even if graffiti is good it can result in gang graffiti, it can get people hurt or killed by the fights between, it can make many places dangerous. In the article “Make Memories and Leave No Trace” by the United States National Park Service it claims “nearly every day, rangers find words, shapes drawn, craved, scratched, or painted on rocks at Arches. Over one million people visit every year, and many may not know that all graffiti in the park is vandalism.” No matter what it is, or where it is graffiti is vandalism, people do it without permission, or in a protected area which makes it

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