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15,000

15,000 -- billboards removed for São Paulo outdoor advertising (2007)

2007  · 99% Invisible / City of São Paulo

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15,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2007
Entity
São Paulo outdoor advertising
Geography
South America
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
99% Invisible / City of São Paulo Primary Tier B
https://www.fastcompany.com/91603721/our-brains-are-overstimulated-and-cities-arent-helping ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2007 Channel: Rss Editor
Source Article
Our brains are overstimulated, and cities aren’t helping
You are standing at a crosswalk. The light is red. A bus roars past you a little too closely. Your phone buzzes with a BOGO offer from Starbucks. A billboard changes from a perfume ad to a phone number of a personal injury law firm. Someone is talking about their cheating ex-boyfriend beside you. Th…
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99% Invisible / City of São Paulo · Original study ↗

City law (Clean City Law) requiring billboard removal; reported via Fast Company citing 99% Invisible

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São Paulo outdoor advertising: 15,000 billboards removed. Source: 99% Invisible / City of São Paulo (2007). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sao-paulo-billboards-removed-2007
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