In Hope Town, looking at the gate is an easy job.
Although there is only one door between here and the waste soil, two more steps ahead is the hell of death and nobody cares, but it is not on the waste soil after all, so you don't have to take too much risk to get a decent salary.
And the job is decent enough.
People who do business seriously or not will take it easy when they are near the settlement.
Even looters need such a safe place to exchange stolen goods for other things they need.
Otherwise, what they grab is worthless rubbish