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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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

I don't think this is a rare means of design. Mine also had desire paths replaced with concrete.