Although street art is illegal, it covers the streets of the Bay Area. People are very accepting of it, because they are so exposed to it.Hellmann, Melissa. "The Writing on the Wall: It's Graffiti Versus Murals in San Francisco and Oakland. Either Way, Street Artists Win." SF Weekly. Retrieved 2016-11-17. There are many ways that people have tried to get rid of graffiti here but in the end it seems as though it is not leaving. Places such as the Mission District of San Francisco have public ratings on how much the public enjoy the graffiti here. Many tourist spots in the city are graffiti centered areas where people take pictures by these pieces of street art.Douglas Mahoney . "The Pioneer : Graffiti: Street Art and Public Menace". thepioneeronline.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17. The acceptability of street art varies throughout the Bay Area. In bigger cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley it is more widely accepted than the smaller suburbs of the Bay Area. Street art in this area is used mainly as a form of communication between the kinds of people creating this art. Therefore, it is more accepted where these people are present.
