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… especially if the neighborhood is filled with little shits with too many electrified toys.

EDIT: Okay, I'm convinced. Regular bikes would actually be a sensible cause here. Let me be a curmudgeon though.

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[-] Manticore@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I know a university campus (forget the name) let students build desire paths first while the site was under landscaping, and when they moved onto paving they actually paved the desire paths themselves. It created a funky aesthetic and comfortable spiderweb weaving through the grounds.

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

And then people still cut across parts?

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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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