Why do people do graffiti? Why do people do graffiti? People do graffiti for many reasons. One, when people get bored, they don’t think of anything good to do. That means they’ll probably get people together to start hitting some walls. Most Graffitists range from 10 years old to 40 years old. Actually, some people do graffiti illegally, because they like the feeling the adrenaline rush when they run away from the cops. It doesn’t surprise most people that people will do something bad and illegal. When you get bored, you probably won’t do something productive. Worse yet, they would most likely do something that would get them in trouble if they got caught! Graffiti is very popular, especially in some areas such as Downtown Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. Graffiti for most graffitists is all about reputation and popularity. There are always people wanting good reputation and that is one very big reason why graffiti is a big problem. There are so many graffitists that cleaning it up alone will not stop graffiti, we have to educate the community. Educating people will let them open up and actually see that graffiti is bad and harms the community.