tied pair of shoes over wires?

Ghetto people live here. Like when a dog pisses on something to mark territory.

IIRC it's sometimes used by gangs to mark territory, although sometimes it's just idiots that do it for a laugh.

Means they sell drugs there

LOL

Yup, that's what it means, and if you take them down they'll put them right back up again.

DOMESTIC TERRORISM RELATING TO NARCOTICS TRAFFIC BY UNDERWORLD ORGANIZED CRIME STREETGANGS.

Gang territory

Proper burial for old friends. You get to see em and think about times

In the Army people who were ETSing would do this with their boots (they wouldn't be needing them anymore).

are people really that dumb?

it's for when someone dies….the hood equivalent of flowers by the road...

"dumb"????????? I think its' smarter to stay the hell away from ghetto culture and all the predatory violence it promotes as a "core value".

drug dealer in the area

It means that you need to move to a new neighborhood.

no it means there is a dealer in the area..

its to represent all the people who committed suicide making tennis shoes

It is the "hood" equivalent of playing a game of horse shoes.

It represents a pair of bollocks.

in the 80's boots were hanging here and there at fort ord (army)

Hell, as kids we used to do that to each others tennies just for orneriness.

urban myths

Jesus.

Most of the time it's just dumbass teenagers throwing them on cuz they see others do it.

See it lots.

There would be no point to advertising that drug dealers are here, as they are everywhere, and we see the shoes all over the place.

That would be like putting a sign in front of a 711 saying they sell slurpees.

Of course they do!!!

It does actually mean that drugs are being sold on the block.

I always thought it would be clever for a dealer to buy two pairs of the same shoe.. Hurl one over the wire and wear the other pair. But maybe that is too obvious

People that use drugs, buy and sell, especially the hard stuff are obvious enough.

They don't need hints as to who sells or buys. They are always in the same areas, and when you get to those areas you just ask anyone walking or standing about. If they don't have drugs they point you in the right direction, or rob you.

I use them for target practice.

when the mexicans beat someone up, they take off their shoes and throw them up over the wire.