Graffiti Love: TAIPEI

In the 1980’s, Taipei was the Wild East—messy and chaotic, but I never saw any graffiti. Thirty years later, Taipei is an example of city cleanliness, no trash to be found anywhere on the streets. The MRT subway system is cleaner than my own kitchen—no food or drink are allowed on the subway cars. There are no open gutters, no piles of rubbish on roadsides. Public parks are neatly manicured with trash cans every few feet.

But, to my utter delight, there is graffitti everywhere…