City impressions

One of the things that David and I noticed fairly quickly was that there is very little graffiti in Turkey.  There is some, but not much.  All of the most expected places (overpasses, bridges, etc) are completely clean.  We asked if this is because graffiti is cleaned off or because it simply isn't there in the first place.  Our Turkish hosts seemed surprised about the idea that it would be cleaned up and said "no" its not cleaned up.  Our conclusion:  this is not as prevalent of a practice here as in Europe.  A nice contrast.

There is also very little trash on the streets.  Some of the districts in the city are more run down and dirty than others, but overall people seem to take pride in keeping their cities looking nice.