Wikipedia has an entire article on shoes hanging from power lines. I have now heard many different theories about why/how the shoes got there:
1. Gangs marking territories
2. To mark places where drugs can be bought
3. To let everyone know you got laid for the first time
4. As a means of bullying or playing a prank
5. As a form of urban graffiti
6. Because we are a throw away culture
I am starting to think that taking them down would be destruction of a map and Maggie pointed out to me that they are probably disgusting inside from all of the years of being exposed to the weather. Maybe I will do a performance by adding my broken down Converse sneakers to the map...
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