Graffiti

Like all cities, Portland has a lot of graffiti art, tagging, vandalism, and any other words one might use for graffiti. And like other cities, considerable controversy exists over what is public art and personal expression, and what is destructive defacement of public and private property. Business owners are in a constant low-level conflict with street artists and other individuals, and often paint over tags and graffiti (sometimes ending up with even less attractive walls than before).

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  The old standbys, ejaculating penis and doughnut boobs, on the corner of SE 8th and Division.

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  Bathrooms are also a common venue for graffiti, as this baby hanging station illustrates.

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  Some business owners, it seems, do not like graffiti.

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