Real reasons you see shoes wrapped around power lines and why people claim you shouldn’t take them down

One social media user explained: “This is a cultural practice in impoverished neighborhoods and is done for various reasons some no longer practiced today but the shoes still hang from some powerlines.”

And they then revealed four reasons behind the practice, first up shoes being ‘used as a memorial for someone who died on that street’.

“Their shoes are hung up so their neighborhood may pay respect when they pass,” they explained.