I spent the first six-months of 1974 aboard the USS America, ported in Athens Greece. To my recollection, there was NO graffiti anywhere in the city. I shot several hundred Kodachrome slides from the Acropolis to the dense neighborhoods. Now, I am told, graffiti is everywhere, even on historic & ancient structures. This article discusses the problem:
http://havecamerawilltravel.com/athens-greece-grafittiThe difference between graffiti and art is permission.
There was no graffiti in 1968 either!
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