I've seen that in a lot of american cities there is some kind of thing going on with sneakers or shoes tied to the wires

I kinda like how they're hanging off though, it looks kinda cool

like a shoe garland

but like...why? why do people do that? it's not something that happens individually, it's almost universal

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@tillianisafox This is something that there has been much questioning about, but no one has ever uncovered a definitive answer to it. There've been hypotheses (marking gang territory is a popular but unlikely one), but never with any actual evidence

I feel like people just do it as a prank. get new shoes, toss the old ones up to make people wonder
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@tillianisafox (but again, we don't have any evidence for that. never talked to anyone who's actually done that)
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