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in toronto it's embraced to the extent that in areas where it's common, there's funding by businesses and even residences or local gov commission it or permit it and nice work by local artists is less likely to get tagged or covered. there's at least some upside to cooperating when there's a culture to it (to some extent)

I solved this problem by contracting an artist to put a painting on the wall of my house. Sprayers are artists, they won't paint over it.

I've seen a lot of tags put on top of pretty nice-looking murals, many sprayers won't care.

Tags always looks better on an empty wall.

but not better than the empty wall

Of course. As opposed to over other grafittis I mean.

If only. The murals under canal bridges in Worcester (UK) have been defaced beyond recognition with tags.

Fifty? More like fifty thousands.