This week's Morazan Monday (a weekly series on Ciudad Morazán / Bootstrap City) I discuss how Morazán, a low income city located near one of Honduras' most dangerous neighborhoods created a high trust society! 🏡

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— Alex Ugorji (@AlexUgorji_) April 23, 2024

How did Morazán become a place where you don't have to lock your bike, windows, or even doors?🚪

1) Private Police👮

Morazán has private police that are held accountable based on their performance📈

If they do a bad job they're fired so they're motivated to do a good job 😉 pic.twitter.com/1YaFs8UI7i

— Alex Ugorji (@AlexUgorji_) April 23, 2024

3) Peer Effects 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

🥕Carrot: We are a social animal. When you see other people taking care about your community, you are more likely to follow suit.

🪵Stick: Residents will pressure their neighbors to behave civilly to help maintain the quality of the community pic.twitter.com/Z3r9VaDTrL

— Alex Ugorji (@AlexUgorji_) April 23, 2024

The result of these incentives is a place where property is safe, kids can play outside unsupervised, people don’t need to pay for security, and people generally do what they say 🤝

Charter Cities have huge potential to help those who need it most!🙏