In some neighborhoods, the locals HATE the posters. They tear them down first chance they get, be it daily, weekly, whatever. They could care less that its sanctioned by the city, they don’t like to see their neighborhood ‘littered.’

Also in Seattle, there is one company that pretty much runs the postering ‘scene’ (if you will): Poster Giant. They’re the big boys, the poster WHOLE poles, tear down other peoples posters, and (my memory is hazy but I think this is true) have a contract with the city which allows them to ‘legally’ poster the poles.

Throw some posters up on Capitol Hill? Don’t worry, Poster Giant will tear em down by nightfall.

In resistance to this mega-postering conglomerate, Poster Midget has emerged.

Proper implementation? I think this is a basic freedom of expression issue. . . for the previous poster. . .or anyone who has never lived in a city, you don’t need to take down the old fliers because new ones are put over the old ones. . .

I can’t imagine designated poles, I think that it should just be allowed to occur. All of that being said, I don’t think it will add to the vitality of the city. most downtown coffee shops and bars have a ton of fliers/posters. . . people’s only excuse for not knowing what’s going on is not going out in the first place.