94 “Desire Paths” That Show Human Stubbornness In The Nicest Way Possible (New Pics)

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Very smart.

Small acts of defiance are better than no acts of defiance

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That's often how they get started in the first place.

I admire the effort.

It's a sign of I sufficient sidewalks.

Is that seriously a bicycle speed bump? Never seen one before, probably because it doesn't look snowplow compatible.

Yes, yes it is.

Fair, this is not a road that looks pedestrian friendly

Might as well make those official and pave them, they all seem to lead somewhere

It might say "15 ft" at the bottom but "0.002 miles" makes it funnier.

I don't understand what the plan was.where there supposed to be trees in the loops?

Were they Chinese workers or was it a Mongol horde?

That is such dumb design. If they had paved the desire path and put in a 'T' juction in the middle to cross the outer road they could have replaced 2 crossings with 1 and reduced the total amount of paving.

I wonder if the powers that be, have noticed the bollards at either end, really aren't doing what they hoped for.

Because a crosswalk forces drivers to stop and pay attention, and when they do not and the pedestrian is injured or k1ll3d, it's the fault of the crosswalk.

Somebody's hidden the bicycle repair station (which in any case is correctly spelled Reparatur).

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Almost well done, only the steps are disappointing as they exclude people with mobility issues.

Hulk's desire path

Human sacrifices this way ↗️

that is actually impressive perseverance !

Goats will do this but what's missing is that they also drop 'nannyberries' continually. So what you really wind up with in the spring is a long, narrow pooop lasagna that's the last thing to melt.

Yes

Who can blame them?

I don't see bike or pogo stick.

Knuckleheads.

That's a huge hedge!

Mmmm.... Slippy.

Wonder how long it took to accomplish that?

Admit defeat

Was this supposed to be a garden?

Spreading a bit of fine gravel onto the muddy path would have been cheaper and made the path safer

Who plans stairs in a public space in the *Netherlands* and doesn't account for bikers?

Hmm, I think I'll walk 30 feet down the sidewalk to the break in the hedge in order to turn right 90 degrees then left 90 degrees so I can follow directions some city engineer decided

Again...walk around lame bars...

No one is damaging the headstone, and the deceased might have been chuffed to know people stepped aside for them in perpetuity!

Wanna bet?

I also prefer to finish a walk with my ankles still intact.

Cat. So, not a desire path, an entitlement path.

Apparently they are creatures of habit as well.

Yeah, now then: see that green Asda sign to the far right? See where it says "Diolch"? That's Welsh for "Thanks". This is in Wales. Putting up a sign that's only in English in Wales pretty guarantees it'll get ignored - Welsh is official in Wales, and Welsh comes first on signs. I mean, not that a sign would work here in any case, but... 🤣 (I"m faintly surprised that someone hasn't done the decent thing with a spray can and obliterated the English-only sign - perhaps that happened next week. I'm English and I don't speak Welsh, but I do sympathise, you know?)

That's my kind of path, I hate stairs.

Pfft. Anyone with normal walking ability can go right over that, surely? - put a foot on the rail, up and over, no worries. The rubbish bin gives a good idea of the rather low height. Hmm. Okay, maybe people shorter than my average-for-a-man height might disagree. Still, small children will either duck under or have fun climbing or leaping over.

Grasp center pole firmly and yeet it into the nearest shrub. Slide lumber out of left and right poles and hide in shrubbery. Celebrate reopening of desire path.

What do they think is going to happen?

Going traffic, retiring traffic, and the person they were each talking to

How else could you get around the parked car? Climb over the hood?

Let's start a collection: In German it's "Trampelpfad", literally "stomping path". 😀

That ought to do it.

Surely you're kidding. 😂

Doggo: challenge accepted.

In one direction: tributaries. In the other direction: delta