What is the meaning of tennis shoes hanging from a telephone wire?

It can mean a variety of things and can vary regionally. Here are a few meanings:

  • They are the shoes of a friend lost to violence thrown up in a memorial near their place of death.
  • Signifies that drugs are sold at that location
  • Marks gang territory
  • You have bullies in your area and they took another kids shoes for a game of keep away.
  • Someone got a new pair of tennies and just thought of a way to get rid of the old ones.

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