Speakring of billboards - Interesting billboard stat in The Advocate today

of the 7000 billboards, how many of them are for trial lawyers?

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of the 7000 billboards, how many of them are for trial lawyers?

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350

Well we are known for looking at everywhere except the FRICKING ROAD when we drive

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Are 90% of those are probably ambulance chasing lawyers.

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The other 10% is advertising who is playing at the Beau Rivage next week.

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There’s only 70,000 billboards in the country?

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Math + OP = yes

10%? I have a hard time believing that but that is incredibly OT trashy if so. That's a lot of fricking billboards.

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I have a hard time believing

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Have faith in the OP

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There’s only 70,000 billboards in the country?

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Some states don't have them. Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine. I think much of Austin, TX doesn't allow them but I could be wrong on that.

"In Texas, 388 cities — including most large and medium-size cities — have ordinances prohibiting new billboards. One of them is Austin..."

"As it happens, Houston — legendary for sprawl and a zoning free-for-all — is a model city for billboard control. Since 1980, the number of billboards here has dropped from 15,000 to under 1,500."

"Dallas has also banned new billboards, but it made a deal with the billboard companies. For every three old billboards you take down, the city council said, we'll let you erect one new digital billboard."

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There are over 7,000 billboards in Louisiana. That accounts for roughly 10% of the billboards nationwide!

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Mississipp don't have us beat with the casinos?