There certainly are better examples[1], but I think you are being willfully obtuse.<p>Of course there would be <i>something</i> where the billboard would have been, but advertising is designed, at great expense and with a huge amount of effort, to arrest the attention of the audience. (A significant amount of which is accomplished by being intentionally obnoxious.)<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=5766534" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=5766534</a>