MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why do some parts of the country not have any billboards?

A summer day on a highway in Vermont, USA

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why do some parts of the country not have any billboards?

If you’ve traveled around the U.S. you may have noticed that certain areas don’t have any billboards on the side of the roads. Some states it’s even illegal!

I know parts of Long Island don’t have any at all. And in Hawaii, Alaska, Maine, and Vermont it is actually illegal to put up any billboards. The reason being to preserve the “scenic beauty” of the land in those states. Which I totally agree with. You can have a 30 foot car dealer ad blocking the lovely Vermont foliage.

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