Desire Paths

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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path

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I wonder how many of these paths on my university campus were desire paths originally (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That was OSU (Ohio State University) IIRC.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yep, I went to school there, it’s actually pretty interesting to walk on.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

They missed one path on the lower left.

That is really neat. I miss the Midwest that could still afford to use concrete for roads and sidewalks. Asphalt is so much uglier, especially when done cheaply.