Ok, I’ve heard so many theories over the years I want to settle this once and for all. What, if anything, do shoes hanging from a telephone wire signify? Seriously, I want to know. Is it a “gang thing”? A meaningless urban exercise that has now gone viral? Is it art? A primitive form of waste disposal? Tell me. I want to know. Feel free to be correct, nonsensical, poetic, silly, or rude.
May 3, 2009 at 2:00 pm
nothing.
May 3, 2009 at 2:14 pm
It’s an area where gangs mark their territory and sell drugs in urban cities.
Pour a forty ounce on the curb in honor of Biggie!
May 3, 2009 at 2:50 pm
In Latin America I heard it signifies the death of someone well known in the area. I’ve also heard the gang/drug thing. Nothing else.
October 4, 2009 at 4:20 pm
hi from Russia!
look
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing
and
http://www.shoefiti.com/