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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Sometimes the heart desires a faster, but not the fastest path (feddit.org)

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

When that path was first created it wouldn’t have been faster, because you would have been cutting across much much more grass. That’s why desire paths often migrate.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also, it feels somewhat comfortable to walk in the optical centre between two objects, here the pole of the street light on the left and the tree on the right.