__________ is/are overrated.

[Max Rockatansky]

Crumbl Cookie is overpriced and not nearly close to being as tasty as something homemade.

Also, any more than one of their cookies is way too much to eat.

I'd probably find more appeal if they had more reasonably sized portions to offer.

[Max Rockatansky]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

[JayhawkCO]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

For me, with mines and ghost towns and stuff, the reason I want to visit it to imagine what it looked like in yesteryear I suppose.

[Max Rockatansky]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

For me, with mines and ghost towns and stuff, the reason I want to visit it to imagine what it looked like in yesteryear I suppose.

I would prefer they be unspoiled also.  I just don't think that necessarily is a reasonable expectation when you're talking about five plus decades of abandonment. 

[JayhawkCO]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

For me, with mines and ghost towns and stuff, the reason I want to visit it to imagine what it looked like in yesteryear I suppose.

I would prefer they be unspoiled also.  I just don't think that necessarily is a reasonable expectation when you're talking about five plus decades of abandonment. 

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

[Max Rockatansky]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

For me, with mines and ghost towns and stuff, the reason I want to visit it to imagine what it looked like in yesteryear I suppose.

I would prefer they be unspoiled also.  I just don't think that necessarily is a reasonable expectation when you're talking about five plus decades of abandonment. 

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

I would imagine that ultra dense population probably negates a lot of things malefactors/vandals just by default.   

At least Japan seems super densely populated to me.  Japan and California are about the same size but the former has three times the population.

[JayhawkCO]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

For me, with mines and ghost towns and stuff, the reason I want to visit it to imagine what it looked like in yesteryear I suppose.

I would prefer they be unspoiled also.  I just don't think that necessarily is a reasonable expectation when you're talking about five plus decades of abandonment. 

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

I would imagine that ultra dense population probably negates a lot of things malefactors/vandals just by default.   

At least Japan seems super densely populated to me.  Japan and California are about the same size but the former has three times the population.

There's no graffiti in rural Japan either.

[Max Rockatansky]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

For me, with mines and ghost towns and stuff, the reason I want to visit it to imagine what it looked like in yesteryear I suppose.

I would prefer they be unspoiled also.  I just don't think that necessarily is a reasonable expectation when you're talking about five plus decades of abandonment. 

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

I would imagine that ultra dense population probably negates a lot of things malefactors/vandals just by default.   

At least Japan seems super densely populated to me.  Japan and California are about the same size but the former has three times the population.

There's no graffiti in rural Japan either.

It also doesn't seem like they have the "rural" which I'm describing in general.

[JayhawkCO]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

For me, with mines and ghost towns and stuff, the reason I want to visit it to imagine what it looked like in yesteryear I suppose.

I would prefer they be unspoiled also.  I just don't think that necessarily is a reasonable expectation when you're talking about five plus decades of abandonment. 

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

I would imagine that ultra dense population probably negates a lot of things malefactors/vandals just by default.   

At least Japan seems super densely populated to me.  Japan and California are about the same size but the former has three times the population.

There's no graffiti in rural Japan either.

It also doesn't seem like they have the "rural" which I'm describing in general.

I think we're kind of saying the same thing in different ways. Rural Japan isn't anything like rural America (except in certain places). I think a lot of why that is the case comes down to Japanese culture at large.

[Max Rockatansky]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

For me, with mines and ghost towns and stuff, the reason I want to visit it to imagine what it looked like in yesteryear I suppose.

I would prefer they be unspoiled also.  I just don't think that necessarily is a reasonable expectation when you're talking about five plus decades of abandonment. 

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

I would imagine that ultra dense population probably negates a lot of things malefactors/vandals just by default.   

At least Japan seems super densely populated to me.  Japan and California are about the same size but the former has three times the population.

There's no graffiti in rural Japan either.

It also doesn't seem like they have the "rural" which I'm describing in general.

I think we're kind of saying the same thing in different ways. Rural Japan isn't anything like rural America (except in certain places). I think a lot of why that is the case comes down to Japanese culture at large.

Does Japan have an abundance of of mainland places New Idria or Cerro Gordo?  That's the kind of remote abandonment which I'm referring to where graffiti is common.

[JayhawkCO]

I don't quite get the hype about why people get all spun up about graffiti on long abandoned and difficult to reach structures.  I don't engage the practice of tagging things myself but I never thought it was worth getting super upset over.  Whenever I post photos from places like abandoned mines, ghost towns and old road segments on social media a lot of the talk is about graffiti.

For me, with mines and ghost towns and stuff, the reason I want to visit it to imagine what it looked like in yesteryear I suppose.

I would prefer they be unspoiled also.  I just don't think that necessarily is a reasonable expectation when you're talking about five plus decades of abandonment. 

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

I would imagine that ultra dense population probably negates a lot of things malefactors/vandals just by default.   

At least Japan seems super densely populated to me.  Japan and California are about the same size but the former has three times the population.

There's no graffiti in rural Japan either.

It also doesn't seem like they have the "rural" which I'm describing in general.

I think we're kind of saying the same thing in different ways. Rural Japan isn't anything like rural America (except in certain places). I think a lot of why that is the case comes down to Japanese culture at large.

Does Japan have an abundance of of mainland places New Idria or Cerro Gordo?  That's the kind of remote abandonment which I'm referring to where graffiti is common.

Hashima Island and Ikeshima Island come to mind.

[kphoger]

Wait, are we pretending the USA doesn't have urban graffiti now?

[Max Rockatansky]

Wait, are we pretending the USA doesn't have urban graffiti now?

No, thing is with our page I'm rarely posting urban anything. 

Regarding the islands, I was aware of the mines at Hashima.  That came to my attention probably while Skyfall was being filmed.

[kphoger]

OK, it just sounded like you were saying Japan's high population density and urban nature are the reason it doesn't have graffiti—even though graffiti in America also exists in urban population-dense locations.

[Max Rockatansky]

OK, it just sounded like you were saying Japan's high population density and urban nature are the reason it doesn't have graffiti—even though graffiti in America also exists in urban population-dense locations.

I would imagine having more eyes on places in general is a deterrent for vandalism.  Those eyes don't necessarily need be some sort of policing authority. 

[Scott5114]

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

That was something that stuck out at me when I first started making trips west. Abandoned structures in Oklahoma and Texas usually don't have graffiti. Once you cross into New Mexico it's all over the place, even in rural areas.

[gonealookin]

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

That was something that stuck out at me when I first started making trips west. Abandoned structures in Oklahoma and Texas usually don't have graffiti. Once you cross into New Mexico it's all over the place, even in rural areas.

Something that struck me about abandoned buildings in the Deep South when I was there last year (notably southeastern Arkansas and northeastern Louisiana):  It looks like people down there prefer setting them on fire to putting graffiti on them.  It was something I noticed in just about every semi-derelict town.

[Scott5114]

I mean, it's not necessarily reasonable, until you go to a place like Japan where there isn't any graffiti anywhere. It's definitely a societal thing.

That was something that stuck out at me when I first started making trips west. Abandoned structures in Oklahoma and Texas usually don't have graffiti. Once you cross into New Mexico it's all over the place, even in rural areas.

Something that struck me about abandoned buildings in the Deep South when I was there last year (notably southeastern Arkansas and northeastern Louisiana):  It looks like people down there prefer setting them on fire to putting graffiti on them.  It was something I noticed in just about every semi-derelict town.

In Oklahoma they tend to just be left to collapse on their own. A lot of main streets in derelict towns there have at least one façade which has nothing actually behind it.