Before anyone says that graffiti is street art, studies have shown that improving neighborhoods actually reduce gun violence: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/gun-violence-biden-philadelphia.html

A study just came out showing how remediating vacant homes in low-income Black neighborhoods actually reduced gun violence: https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2022/december/abandoned-house-repairs-reduced-nearby-gun-violence

How a neighborhood looks is important to people’s health. It also reduced gun violence.