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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's just dirt track on a larger dirt track which is going to connect those places anyway. So the planners were correct making it all a giant dirt track.

This is more like, which side of a pre-designated road are people using. It's more a heat map of a planned track, rather than people laying down new tracks.

Maybe if it was all grass it would better fit here. But the designers generally seem to have known "they'll walk somewhere on this giant dirt road!"...

...and they were correct.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's some grass, but it looks to be mostly dirt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

It is dried/dead grass, which is yellowish. That is just what grass mostly looks like in winter.