So, as we passed from Washington into Oregon, Wal-Marts started sprouting up, sometimes without even a town around them. Naturally I'd heard of Wal-Mart, and was thrilled with the opportunity to shop in one. I went berserk. Furthermore, with modern technology and communication, manufacturers of good quality, original merchandise can be copied for the mass market and often beaten to the stores with their own designs. And for less.
Style has nothing to do with where something was purchased.
Looking horrible on the outside, like huge, garish rolling billboards, it makes the inside of the bus feel like a cage, allowing only pinpoints of viewing through a network of tiny holes. The overall effect is that of riding a bus that will eventually deliver you to prison. On the back of the bus, it's hard to see the yield and warning signs because they are so obscured by advertising. One recently released guide to Austin even discourages visitors from riding the bus, since the advertising on the outside obscures the view from the inside, and not only do they not see the scenery, they can't even see the street signs to tell where they are. It might even be bearable if the income from this appalling campaign was making obvious improvements to Cap Metro's service, but that does not seem to be the case.