[bearbin]

As the author, yes. Some parts of the city are innately commercial spaces, and commerce requires advertising. But let it stop at colourful shop signs (even neon is fine, in a shopping centre!), signwritten vans for trades and deliveries, or the circus' sign on the fence of the public park. The badverts are the billboards covering up entire buildings; the LED pedestals that block your way as you walk and distract drivers; and the incessant advertising for unethical investment companies on public transport.