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11 kwi 1999 · There's no one definitive answer as to why those shoes hang from telephone wires. Perhaps the answer lies within each of us, shoe-slinger and non-shoe-slinger alike.
Shoe-tossing is the throwing of footwear, the reasons for which differ based on cultural context. A pair of laced shoes may be thrown across raised cables, such as telephone wires and power lines, or onto tree branches to create "shoe trees". [1] [2] In such contexts it may be known as shoefiti.
29 wrz 2024 · Along the lines of Demarco’s leading theory on why people throw shoes on power lines (mimicry), a dangling pair of shoes may signify nothing more than silliness—i.e., kids being kids, perhaps...
One of the most commonly believed reasons shoes are thrown over power lines is to signal the location of a crack house or prime drug dealing spot. Dangling shoes can also be the symbol of gang members claiming territory, especially when the shoes are hanging from power lines or telephone wires in an intersection.
10 kwi 2023 · Shoe-tossing entails throwing a pair of laced shoes onto raised wires, such as telephone wires and power lines, or tree branches, creating “shoe trees”. The practice of throwing shoes over power lines is believed to have originated in the United States in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
30 sie 2013 · You’ve seen a pair of tennis shoes hanging on a telephone wire before—we all have. Just like we’ve all wondered why the hell they were up in there first place, not to mention why it seems to ...
19 cze 2024 · Whatever the motive for tossing them, the shoes pose a risk of interrupting the power line's performance. Often, utility companies will honor requests to have them taken down.
