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Humans argue about a lot of things, but if there’s one thing we’re consistent about, it’s this: we don’t like unnecessary effort. When something feels overcomplicated, we’ll often, whether we realize it or not, look for the easier way out.
That shared instinct often shows up as desire paths, the unofficial trails people create by repeatedly taking the most convenient shortcut. There’s even an entire subreddit dedicated to this phenomenon, and below you’ll find some of the latest posts from it. Funny how nothing gets us on the same page faster than a shared “nope.”
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#1
My Dog's Desire Path, Even 10 Years After He's Gone
Laszlo Larthlanc 2 days ago
Why can't they live as long as we do, like the Daemons in The Golden Compass? I still have my best dog's collar from 40 years ago, and my eyes fill up every time I look at it hanging there on its hook by the kitchen door. She was most definitely my BFF. I know that some would criticize me and tell me to just let go, but I really loved that girl, and she really loved me. She made it to 14, but no amount of time would have been long enough if she could have stayed healthy and happy. I'm not a religious person, but I hope she's sitting patiently on the far side of the Rainbow Bridge, tail wagging slowly, just waiting for me to quit messing around here and come to her.
Stacie-LZ 1 day ago
We had to put my son's dog down yesterday. I gave her to my son as a birthday gift when he was 13. He's 28 now so she has been with him for more than half his life. She got cancer and it was wreaking havoc in her tiny body. He held her as the medication took affect. It was heart wrenching. This is part of owning an animal that is so hard
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#2
Desire Path Goat?
David 2 days ago
the idea was proposed by an economic professors who said economic principles of people finding their own max effiencies would lead to the best paths. GMU and a few other universities did this as well
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UnclePanda 2 days ago
Why don't landscape architects ever take the next logical step of leaving the pathways out of the plan and paving the paths we wear into the landscape. Alternatively, it shouldn't be that hard to figure in advance and the architects could have adapted decades if not centuries ago. We want direct paths from door to door with the width of the path established by traffic.
Brian Droste 2 days ago (edited)
I would hate to be the person to mow that. Also either Michigan state or university of Michigan did the samething.
Sue User 1 day ago
The mower would just do the whole rectangle and drive over the oaths. They don't mow each triangle separately.
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#3
Viscardigasse Is A Street In Munich With A Path Paved In Bronze To Honor Those Who Took It To Avoid Having To Do The Salute
TMTMTMTM 2 days ago
"because locals could use it to bypass the nearby N**i memorial to the martyrs of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, thus avoiding the requirement to perform a Hitler salute to the guarded structure"
StretcherBearer 2 days ago (edited)
Give the maga folks a chance and we'll be forced to salute Charlie Kirks memorial he's their putsch martyr🤮
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Michael Largey 2 days ago
I'm not dancing a single beat in a certain ballroom, either.
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No matter how neatly the sidewalk is paved by a bus stop or how lush the grass looks in a park, it rarely stops people from carving out their own desire paths anyway. And once you spot one right in front of you, chances are you’ll take it too, instead of sticking to the route someone else planned. In fact, it apparently takes as few as fifteen trips across an unpaved stretch for a desire path to start forming, and after that, it’s basically a done deal.
#4
Do Non Human Desire Paths Count?
Lee Gilliland 2 days ago
Do you think there are no paths without humans or something? That's how you hunt, you follow animal pths.
#5
This Person Turned A Desire Path To KFC Into California's Shortest Hiking Trail
Instagram user matterneuroscience spotted an urban desire path that led to a KFC in an urban area in North Auburn California.
In an act of civic silliness, they named the 0.05 mile trail the Chicken Little Trail, put up an official-looking trail marker, and then informed Google Maps of its existence.
#6
The People Yearn For A Sidewalk
We’ve probably been doing this for ages, but the term is often traced to French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, who wrote about “lignes de désir” in his 1958 book The Poetics of Space, according to The Guardian.
Nature author Robert Macfarlane has also written about what these informal shortcuts reveal about us. In his 2012 book The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot, Macfarlane calls them “elective easements” and says: “Paths are human; they are traces of our relationships.”
#7
If Not Path, Then Why Path-Shaped?
#8
People Said No To This Speed Bump
Charlotte Ingle 3 days ago
Is that seriously a bicycle speed bump? Never seen one before, probably because it doesn't look snowplow compatible.
G.T. van Middendorp 2 days ago
In the Netherlands we have bicycle highways; meant to travel by bike quickly. Especially e-bikes and fatbikes can reach fast speeds. Very rarely will you encounter a speedbump like this, but when you do see them they are there to slow you down a bit because of something like a playground or an upcoming sharp turn or crossing or something
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Purple light 2 days ago
I live very close to this one. It is in Amsterdam Zuidoost (South East)
Kirsten Kerkhof 1 day ago
They are perfectly fine when you are cycling at a normal speed. And if you think this is a sidewalk, you are clearly not Dutch. Red = dead.
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Wish I Could See What The View Is Like From Up There!
Crystalwitch60 12 hours ago
I don’t wanna go that way !, I’m going ↗️that way thanks it’s quicker !
Depending on who you ask, they also go by “desire lines,” especially in transportation and planning circles. And they’ve picked up plenty of nicknames, too, like “cow paths,” “social trails,” and even “elephant trails,” per The New Yorker. The names may differ, but the message stays the same: “This is where we actually go.”
#10
View From My Office Building
Charlotte Ingle 3 days ago
Might as well make those official and pave them, they all seem to lead somewhere
Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago
Charlotte Ingle: but why not leave it unpaved? I'd rather natural ground be left in that state. If it gets muddy when wet - well then, take the long way round.
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Andrew Keir 1 day ago (edited)
"... The rolling English drúnkárd made the rolling English road..."
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Yeah That Wasn't Gonna Happen
Charlotte Ingle 3 days ago
I don't understand what the plan was.where there supposed to be trees in the loops?
Steven Freund 2 days ago
These designs are usually meant for wheelchair accessibility or weaker walkers; reduces the degree of slope, which the able-bodied naturally don't have the patience for.
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Sally Moen 2 days ago
The sidewalks by my work do this. Impossible to walk normally on, forget having to pass others going the opposite direction
UnclePanda 2 days ago (edited)
When the boss orders too much cement? This was laid out by people who only walk at a meandering pace and have all day to get there.
Bob Brooce 2 days ago
Hard to tell from the perspective, but something about the picture makes me think it goes downhill. If it does the curves might be to reduce the pitch.
Zero Costa 2 days ago
nope! it's a median in a carpark from the look of it
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It Would Be Easier To Move The Crosswalk Instead
Sally Moen 2 days ago
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.
olaff 422 2 days ago
That's why we have speedbumps and flashing lights. Imagine building a world for humans and not cars and then blaming the peds.
Load More Replies... UnclePanda 2 days ago
This sort of sign is to protect liability. They can't really stop pedestrians from crossing there short of building a wall. This preserves their ability to say that they provided a warning and the accident victim chose to proceed. I can't really blame them, you could buy thousands of signs for the cost of one lost liability lawsuit.
UnclePanda 2 days ago
Additionally, safety teams rarely have the budget to fix things. This could have been the most they could afford.
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It would be really useful to know how much the crosswalk is offset from the path on the other side, and if it lines up to another path.
Marie 2 days ago
And also what's on the left side of the picture. Is there a reason to have the crosswalk away from something maybe ?
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Robert T 1 day ago
Not enough context from this photo. It could be that this is not a suitable site for a crossing. In the UK we would put barriers along the edge of the road to protect pedestrians and force them to use the designated crossing point. Or just trust them to cross on their own, but this looks like 4 lanes, so it would at least need a central island.
At their simplest, desire paths are trails worn into the ground by repeated footsteps, usually because they offer a faster way through. You’ll spot them cutting across grass in parks, slicing corners on campuses, or appearing next to sidewalks where the official route takes one extra turn too many. At their most interesting, though, they raise a bigger question about our habits and why we keep making them wherever we go.
#13
Officially Recognized Now
Nice desired path on the UCF campus; after spring break, this sign popped up.
#14
There's A Guy At The Park Who Does Tai Chi So Much He Left A Ring In The Ground
#15
The Amount Of Time Saved By This One Is Insane
Some researchers see desire paths as a sign that pedestrians can’t or won’t follow the routes laid out for them. One academic journal even says they “record collective disobedience.” Others interpret them in a simpler way: less as rebellion and more as practicality, since they usually mark the quickest or most convenient way to reach a destination.
#16
Desire Path Made Official
Na Schi 2 days ago
Almost well done, only the steps are disappointing as they exclude people with mobility issues.
Ace 2 days ago
They still have the option to use the pre-existing path with no steps.
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It’s Beautiful
Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago
Charlotte Ingle: it's a sign of no paved roadways at all from the look of it. OP says it's Malanville, Benin.
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Antoinette the Red 2 days ago
I think I prefer this over a sea of manicured lawns. Gives the impression that there are actual people living in the neighborhood, going off to school or work, maybe even visiting a neighbor.
#18
Informally Called The "Kitty Highway", The Neighborhood Cat Trail Through Our Yard Was Near Invisible Until First Snowfall
Rodriquez 5 hours ago
Since they didn't post this here, and they posted it a year ago on Reddit. You're not going to get an answer. Some people on this site reckon you already know that though.
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That, in turn, can point to flaws in a city’s design, meaning walkways weren’t built where they needed to be, and desire paths end up revealing the mismatch. That’s why many places pay attention to where people naturally walk, then adjust their layouts later. Kurt Kohlstedt notes this in a piece for 99% Invisible.
#19
Very Pronounced Desire Path At My School
Paul C. 2 days ago
I wonder if the powers that be, have noticed the bollards at either end, really aren't doing what they hoped for.
#20
Path Through The Great Wall Of China
ohjojo (you/your's) 2 days ago
I read it was a construction crew trying to save a little time by not going around.
#21
A Desire Path So Desired That It's Recognized By Google
Unicorn 2 days ago
Somebody's hidden the bicycle repair station (which in any case is correctly spelled Reparatur).
Nicole Weymann 2 days ago
*May* have something to do with the station rather than the restaurant.
Load More Replies... In Finland, for example, he writes that city officials document where people walk in parks after the first snowfall of the year, then use that data in their trail planning. Similarly, a number of educational institutions, including Virginia Tech and the University of California, Berkeley, have reportedly waited to see which routes students, faculty, and staff take regularly before deciding where to pave additional pathways across campus. Pretty cool, right?
#22
Does A Path Created By Ants Count?
UnclePanda 2 days ago (edited)
I spent a delightful afternoon watching an entire nest of ants move, eggs and all. They came in the front door, neatly hiked single file through the house, and went out the crack in the back wall. I felt strangely honored to watch the procession.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 2 days ago
Ants aren't very good people though. You know who are terrible people? Horses. Horses are terrible people
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#23
Desire Path Through The Hedge
Lily bloom 2 days ago
Im curious what the parking lot is really for and why f***y cars are parked over there in Narnia
Sue User 1 day ago (edited)
Lots of parking lots in USA are like this. No way to get from one parking area in front of a business to another. I see medical offices do this. Gives the illusion that the office is in secluded setting rather than just one office among many in a strip mall area.
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#24
Who Would’ve Thought That People Have To Go To Zebra Crossings
Sunshine 1 day ago
I have never heard a crosswalk called a zebra crossing! Didn't know what it meant at first, and then it clicked.
Steve Goodwin 1 day ago (edited)
In the UK we then decided to stick with animal names for road crossings, so we have Pelican: (Pedestrian Light INdicator) Red/green man, push button, flashing amber. Puffin: (Pedestrian User-Friendly INtelligent) Cameras, lights near button, better timing. Toucan: For pedestrians & cyclists (two can cross). Pegasus: For horse riders; high button box.
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At the same time, desire paths aren’t always harmless. In nature areas, repeated off-trail travel can create visible tracks, damage vegetation, and encourage even more people to follow the same line.
Leave No Trace guidance specifically recommends spreading out when traveling off-trail so you don’t create a brand-new route that others will copy, and the U.S. National Park Service also emphasizes dispersing use in pristine areas to prevent new trails from forming.
So while desire paths can be funny and even wholesome in cities, in fragile landscapes the kindest choice is often to resist the shortcut for once.
#25
Desire Path Around A Roundabout In My City
Heffalump 2 days ago
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.
Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago (edited)
Heffalump: this looks like a variation on an intelligent design that makes things safer and more convenient for pedestrians and cyclists - developed in the Netherlands, if I recall correctly. I've read the explanation on-line somewhere. This one is apparently Rondo Jana Pawła located in Zielona Góra, Poland. The "desire paths" are the four routes that connect the four motor vehicle entrances/exits around the roundabout. If anything about it looks wrong to a casual observer, that's probably because the casual observer doesn't know about all the issues that had to be considered when designing this particular junction, and the compromises that those issues resulted in. When you build something like this, there's a good reason for every design decision. Well, mostly. Hopefully? 😬
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Nicole Weymann 2 days ago
The desire paths are the small brownish lines next to the roundabout, leading from crossing to crossing. Apparently the one in the bottom is used least.
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People Walking On The Grass Because Of The Huge Uncomfortable "Gravel" Used
#27
Desirestaircase?
Brian Droste 2 days ago
If there is a easier but a longer way around, I would take that route at my age.
#28
McDonald's Tried To Fight It But After A Few Years Went With It
#29
The People Have Spoken
#30
The Bikes Don't Want To Take The Long Way Around
John Dilligaf 2 days ago
If you look at the site on google streetview you'll see that the bike path goes up a steep embankment. The area where the blue line is is significantly higher than the bottom right corner.
John Dilligaf 2 days ago
it's a hill, or more correctly an embankment. The area where the blue line is is significantly higher than the bottom right corner.
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Geoffrey Scott 1 day ago
Our paved rail/trail here in Michigan has several spots where trees have heaved the pavement. Desire paths in each location, to keep you from wiping out as some are decieving.
#31
The Desire Was Strong
Sue User 1 day ago
Spotted the American. Doesn't understand existing right of way.
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Not Taking The Stairs
Sue User 1 day ago
Tough choice with arm braces. Rickety stairs or possibly too steep slope. Probably would chose slope and go up sideways.
Load More Replies... Purple light 2 days ago
Also near me (Amsterdam Zuidoost) I use the stairs because I need a bannister to hold onto, but they are scary squeaky metal stairs.
#33
The Stray Cats Have Walked A Little Path In Our Backyard
#34
I Don't Think People Are Listening
#35
Fun Sign At A School Trying To Abolish, Terminate, And End A Desire Path
Sally Moen 2 days ago
Grass is dumb on school grounds. Try other low-growing plants to stabilize the ground, and you wouldn't need to mow
Sue User 1 day ago
The up front cost of low growing plants is probably cost prohibited.
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Bike Desire Path In The Netherlands
Nicole Weymann 2 days ago
Who plans stairs in a public space in the *Netherlands* and doesn't account for bikers?
#37
Desire Paths Connecting A Suburban Neighborhood To The Strip Mall Next To It In The Mojave
Helen Edwards 6 hours ago
I think it refers to the other meaning of strip, a long narrow piece of something, which probably references how the shops in a strip mall are in a strip.
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Desire Path Made Into A Real Path!
Roxy222uk 2 days ago
The compliance with a desire path is going to be off the scale. it makes so much sense to make them official (barring important reasons that necessitate hard barriers)
Sue User 1 day ago
Might be because of ADA ( in USA ). Some places take the reasonable to extreme. Example. Where I used to live, on a street behind a strip mall, there were no sidewalks. I am handicapped and one walked with arm braces. I asked the city about sidewalks. To build the sidewalks, to follow the guidelines of so much green spaces between road and sidewalk and having to make the sidewalk really wide, they would need to take 10-15 ft of everyone's yard. As a handicapped person, I would rather have something, even if it isn't ideal than nothing.
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Path Of Ice Shows Where People Used To Walk
UnclePanda 2 days ago (edited)
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 ice and pooop lasagna that's the last thing to melt.
Kenneth Smith 1 day ago
Truthfully, fields used for athletic competition really do need to be off limits for the safety of the athletes.
#40
Brussels University
visacrum 11 hours ago (edited)
You can already see it happening, looks like a new desire path is starting to the side.
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Chocolate llama 2 days ago
Do you want 2 or more paths? Because this is how you get 2 or more paths
tee-lena 1 day ago
I carry a knife. I would have lots of fun cutting these😁
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Slovakia (Allegedly)
Danielle 2 days ago
They built one exactly like this on my estate, newly built. No flower bed, just a mound of grass. I have no.idea why and it if course had a desire path through the middle.
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#42
Classic American No-Sidewalk Desire Path
Lee Gilliland 2 days ago
You guys do realize that until the 1960s it was unusual to have paved sidewalks unless you lived in a city, right?
Robin Roper 2 days ago
But it's now 2026 so sidewalks should be put in where sidewalks are needed.
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Nobody Could Plan For This
Sally Moen 2 days ago
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
#44
Who Would Want To Walk 200m Extra
Serena Myers 2 days ago
Humans and animals, all creatures, follow the easiest and quickest path.
#45
Why Should I Go Left, If I Need To Go Right?
Sally Moen 2 days ago
Well actually neither is really safe to cross, there's no crossing arms to bar you from oncoming trains
Verena 2 days ago
See the red/white vertical poles? When horizontal, they block the paved path
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You Can't Stop Them
#47
My And The Other Cats From The House Made A Desirepath Over The Years
It‘s fascinating to see 7 cats adhere to their path.
#48
Wow! 🤩 Does This Count? A Paved Desire Path In Tirana, Albania
#49
We’ve Been Betrayed
Laserleader 2 days ago
They start and end the poles where the pat starts and ends. They just made people take another step to the left to go around it.
Michael Largey 2 days ago
Yes, the grass at the bottom of that tree's trunk will be the next to go.
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago
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.
#51
Why Only One When You Can Have Four?
Charlotte Ingle 3 days ago
Going traffic, retiring traffic, and the person they were each talking to
The Other Guest 2 days ago
I was thinking Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow & Lion.
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Because Walking Above The Path Is More Fun
#53
Not Sure How To Feel About This One
Charlotte Ingle 3 days ago
No one is damaging the headstone, and the deceased might have been chuffed to know people stepped aside for them in perpetuity!
Sally Moen 2 days ago
Cemeteries are well-known for having shortcuts and desire paths. Lots of cemeteries have hills and sudden dips in the land that really are not maintained, and gravestones do shift from tree roots, so you gotta walk around them. Not so much as extremely isolating this one is, though.
#54
They Took Our Desire Path :(
Panda McPandaface 2 days ago
There's nothing for it - I'm just going to have to go the long way.
#55
They Think This Will Stop Us
Sally Moen 2 days ago
Spreading a bit of fine gravel onto the muddy path would have been cheaper and made the path safer
SandraG_lak 1 day ago
I can see why they tried this way. It looks like it may be private property. I wouldn't want people cutting through my yard either.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 days ago (edited)
One of my former students was a high hurdles champ. She could clear that fence at a slow trot with her eyes shut.
#56
Mushrooms Growing A Straight Line To The Sewer
#58
Humans: Invent Roads. Also Humans: Nah, I Forge My Own Destiny
Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago
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?)
Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago (edited)
Unicorn: that fence you see is railings between the pavement (sidewalk) and the road. It keeps the traffic away from the pedestrians, and also stops the pedestrians crossing the road right there - they've got to get to the traffic light controlled pedestrian crossing for that (looks like a Puffin crossing to me), which is what the desire path leads them to.
Load More Replies... Ece Cenker 2 days ago
Please do not close off the end of the so called purpose made paved path, then?
#59
Two Different Desire Paths By Squirrels And Rats. The Park Is Covered By Them. I Think It’s Neat
#60
Desire Path In Dutch Is Elephant Path
Nicole Weymann 2 days ago
Let's start a collection: In German it's "Trampelpfad", literally "stomping path". 😀
Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago
Panda McPandaface: 🤣. Yes, but I think the idiom in question comes from the point that "Elephants go where they like and you pretty much can't stop them".
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#61
My Trusty Desire Path Is Under Attack. How To Proceed?
Mike F 2 days ago
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.
Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago
Mike F: mmm. Me? I'd be tidier about it. Slide the two supporting poles towards the centre of the wooden rail, move neatly to one side to free up the path being careful to keep things standing upright, then stand the centre pole alongside, ensuring everything is in clear sight.
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Alternate Network
#63
Could This Be The Smallest One Ever ???
Sally Moen 2 days ago
Why is that post there? It's not an old hitching post for horses, what possible purpose does it fill except to note the end of a path, which is dumb
howdylee 2 days ago
Bollard to stop a car from going onto the sidewalk (where photographer is standing).
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 2 days ago
Are people so lazy that they couldn't take a extra second or two to go around the corner? Apparently so.
Kenneth Smith 1 day ago
It's not laziness. It's practically, especially if you're in pain or have any kind of mobility issues.
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#65
Desire Path Blocked With Impermeable Barrier
Panda McPandaface 2 days ago
I can't work it out, I'll just have to double back.
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#67
I'm Pretty Sure The Homeowners Made This For Themselves
#68
At The University I'm At They Decided To Fence Off A Path To Prevent People Going Up It
Ace 2 days ago
You can already see the beginnings of a new desire path just to the left of the 'fence'.
Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago
Sportsgal: not just walk around it. When I was at university, I probably would have made a point of vaulting over it, using a hand on the top rail to help. Others would have done too. The thing would have collapsed inside a week. *Drunk* university students would have just kicked the rails off... This barrier is not well thought out.
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Charlotte Ingle 3 days ago
That is a pretty lame deterrent, but does provide new opportunities for leaning.
#70
Golf Course Trying To Fight The Desire Path
#71
A Triple!
#72
Some People Would Do Anything To Avoid Stairs
Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago (edited)
Sometimes, the steps can be uncomfortably high, and the natural gradient an easier walk. The problem here is that the steps are put in to reduce erosion from walking. Still, things usually work out. We've got stuff like this not very far from me - the scenes look incredibly familiar, but apparently it's in NZ, so actually on the other side of the planet.
Caffeinated Ape 2 days ago
Oh hey, that's NZ. Heh, a quick glance at the original thread confirms. If not this exact trail I've definitely been on ones just like it.
Norm Gilmore 2 days ago
Could also be overtaking spots. On popular walks the slower walkers on the steps get passed by the faster.
#75
The Cones Tried And Failed
#76
The Most Unnecessary Desire Path
#77
Shaving Those Valuable Seconds Off!
Blackmoon The Dragon 2 days ago
Some people just don't like to go around sharp corners (aka me)
#78
Oh No They Blocked It
Ece Cenker 2 days ago
What they did is they placed seating area in mid foot traffic. Very uncomfortable.
Michael Largey 2 days ago
If I'm tired enough to need a bench, I'm tired enough to need a shortcut.
#79
I Used The Stairs, I Failed You All
#80
Little Delta Of Desirepath In Riga
#82
Red Harvester Ants Have Created A Desire Path In My Turf
#85
Shortcut To The Trailhead
#90
Cleveland State – The Snow Melts Slower On The Path
#93
Desire Path?
Rinso The Red 2 days ago
I have this. One of my dogs is part greyhound and RUNS the perimeter. My other dogs try to keep up, but end up rounding out all the corners trying to shave off time.
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Ece Cenker 2 days ago
I'm surprised to find out that the snow melts slower on the paths compared to on the grass/earth. I would expect people to keep walking on the paths and melt the snow earlier.
UnclePanda 2 days ago
The snow gets compacted and can approach ice in density.
Load More Replies... Laszlo Larthlanc 2 days ago
When I'm trying to get someplace new in the local National Forest I almost always look for the desire paths made by deer, bears, and coyotes. Frequently the same path is used by all animals, and they always find the shortest and easiest route.
Parmeisan 2 days ago
I used to always walk the official paths, not wanting to k**l the grass. Eventually I realized that either it's just one person and that won't hurt the grass, or it's a bunch of people and I'm only contributing to the inevitable. I might still avoid grass that's struggling but not fully-fledged desire path, but otherwise, it really is on the designers/planners to account for human behaviour.
Trashy Panda 11 hours ago
I don't understand places that try to block desire paths. Grass is meant to be walked on!
Ece Cenker 2 days ago
I'm surprised to find out that the snow melts slower on the paths compared to on the grass/earth. I would expect people to keep walking on the paths and melt the snow earlier.
UnclePanda 2 days ago
The snow gets compacted and can approach ice in density.
Load More Replies... Laszlo Larthlanc 2 days ago
When I'm trying to get someplace new in the local National Forest I almost always look for the desire paths made by deer, bears, and coyotes. Frequently the same path is used by all animals, and they always find the shortest and easiest route.
Parmeisan 2 days ago
I used to always walk the official paths, not wanting to k**l the grass. Eventually I realized that either it's just one person and that won't hurt the grass, or it's a bunch of people and I'm only contributing to the inevitable. I might still avoid grass that's struggling but not fully-fledged desire path, but otherwise, it really is on the designers/planners to account for human behaviour.
Trashy Panda 11 hours ago
I don't understand places that try to block desire paths. Grass is meant to be walked on!
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