An interesting study by Dutch researchers recently found that graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycles chained to a fence resulted in a decline in how people behaved in a series of experiments. Actions ranging from littering to trespassing and minor stealing all increased when people saw evidence of others ignoring the rules of good behaviour.
Things like littering an area or applying graffiti change the circumstances by indicating that others are not behaving correctly, which weakens the incentive for people to do the right thing.
The researchers found a tidy alley in a shopping area where people parked their bicycles. There was a no-littering sign on the wall. Under normal circumstances, 33 percent of riders littered the alley with they flyer. But after researchers defaced the alley wall with graffiti, the share of riders who littered with the flyers jumped to 69 percent.
If public areas are neat people will be less likely to make a mess.
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