[Mehmet]

I think any attempt to pinpoint this to one reason or another is fairly ridiculous. There are obviously some common themes that people have ‘heard’, but no answers from anyone saying ‘I’m a drug dealer and i use it mark my area’ etc. I think something this vast is likely to have different interpretations even in different parts of a city. The biggest point is that they are everywhere. White neighborhoods, chicano, poor, wealthier, but the most common thing I think is going to be urbanness. Homeless people dig through trash and leave things on the curb, sometimes people drop things, free-boxes, etc. The sources are many, the motivation? I’d guess more often than not sheer boredom. Even if the above postulated reasons had originally been the truth in a few instances, everyone has seen shoes on telephone lines now, and so when confronted with a pair to dispose of, i think people decide to add to it. I would say that it is +90% of the time a symbol of a self perpetuating habit with little or no actaul reason beyond its own existence. last time i moved i through my shoes over the line out front of my house in San Jose, just to leave a mark of my passing. But that is only self refferential because if it was ‘turf marking’ someonewould have to know they were my shoes. 🙂

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Name : Mehmet, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 29, City : Seattle, State : WA, Country : United Kingdom, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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