Graffiti on freight trains has been around for years and continues to plague the railways and car owners. The codes were considered an early form of graffiti. This activity is illegal, dangerous and expensive! Since they are defacing private property, they have to trespass on railroad property.

Graffiti vandalism is a crime. It is the act of marking or defacing premises or other property without permission. Graffiti vandalism significantly affects individuals and the community. Spending this public money on cleaning graffiti means that money is not being spent on things that can benefit the community.

Instead of being considered a meaningful expression, graffiti is seen as vandalism. This is an unfair label to give to something that requires the same creativity and hard work as other forms of street art. The blank wall of a building or an untouched alleyway becomes something brand new with the addition of graffiti.

Graffiti, also known as street art, defines paintings or words written on public places. Some call this form of expression vandalism while others identify it as a form of art. According to the law, graffiti is vandalism. To scribble on another individual’s property without their consent is illegal in the United States.

Street art is usually painted with permission or commissioned. Graffiti (left) is word-based, whereas Street Art (right) is image-based. “Graffiti art”, if one had to, would be the name Stavsky gives to the two form’s artistic overlap. Graffiti Art is elaborate and figurative graffiti combined with images.

Graffiti is so common in several cities around the world that people tend to no longer see it. But in Japan, graffiti is not only illegal, but an aberration that often sparks a media frenzy and results in harsh punishments and steep fines for the vandals.

Graffiti dates back to ancient times. City subways in the west were the main areas where graffiti are displayed, and as years go by, graffiti artists even incorporated cartoon characters and scenery into their work. In Japan, however, hip-hop music and break dancing came in before graffiti broke through.

Most places, unless it is gang related, graffiti is not a crime in and of itself. It is a type of vandalism, which is a crime. Graffiti is only vandalism if it is done with-out the property owners permission.

Spray painting graffiti on public or private property without permission will be punishable with charges of criminal trespassing and damaging property, the National Police Agency said. Foreigners are no exception to the charges, police said.

Subway operators in many cities including Wuhan, Beijing and Chongqing have commissioned graffiti-style artwork in their stations. Graffiti has become profitable in China. Many graffitists create designs for sports brands, restaurants and other hipster hang-outs.

On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders.