I keep looking, and it's all ego first - their street names or advertising for weed or profanity, and not a bit of art - even badly done - can be found around here.
Regionally, there's no promising graffartists, though there may be in the bigger cities, if they can stay away from the gangs. There may be some in Providence, RI, near where I live. I'm in West Warwick.
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but, maybe some small percent of all that puffy tags will grow into beautiful pieces of art in one moment....