r/Glasgow Tools

What point do you think you're making here? Because it's not as compelling a point as you think it is.

Are cans of spray paint particularly expensive? Are they difficult to find or obtain? Especially if you're someone who isn't against shoplifting? There's a reason why you tend to find the spray paint isn't anywhere near the door in an art supply shop.

If you think poverty means "literally no money at all", then you have a very poor understanding of what being in poverty means for an individual. Having a bit of disposable income doesn't mean that someone isn't in poverty. Poverty has thresholds that are set at a monetary value but also a 'quality of life' consideration. You can have enough money to rent some shitty horrible flat owned by a slumlord that does nothing about the mushrooms growing in your walls in a horrible area with some money leftover, but your overall income isn't enough to get out of said area and live somewhere that's safe and well maintained. That is poverty, just as much as "literally no money leftover" can also be poverty.

Don't act like "they manage to get a hold of spray paint" indicates that poverty isn't a factor in anti social behaviour please.