電線に靴紐で靴が吊るしてあるのは何で

Why do you see pairs of shoes hanging by the laces from power lines?
(電線に靴紐で靴が吊るしてあるのは何で？)

これこれこれーー！！NYのＢrooklynで　凄いみかけるのyo!

何でか知ってますか？この靴の意味を。

A1:麻薬の売り場があることを知らせる。
A2:ギャングのメンバーが死亡、
又は殺人が近くであったことを知らせる。
A3:ギャングの領土を知らせる。
A4:単純ないたずら。

さ。
どれでしょーか！？

答えは２！
誰かが死んだ時にするってワタシは聞いてたんですが・・。
何か諸説がイロイロイロイロあるらしくて！

●Used to be a gang sign–sneakers hanging over telephone or electrical wires were to designate gang turf.

●Depending on what part of the country you are from, one shoe from a light post or sign represents the death of a gang member. Usually seen in the inner city.

●I read in the newspaper that shoes would be thrown over the power lines to serve as a reminder/warning of a murder that occurred nearby. This seems proven to me: as I was traveling past a home in which a drug-related murder had occurred about three months prior . . . a pair of shoes were hanging from the power lines in front of the home.

●I agree with the drug theory. I saw a news brief on Amsterdam, and there was a pair of shoes hanging in the ghetto where everyone does drugs. So I assume it means “stop here.”

FROM
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_274.html

な感じで　オイオイ！な回答盛りだくさん！

shoetree!!
これは2番の答えに該当しないやんね。

こういうカルチャーの違いを知るのは、すごく楽しい。