• slazer2au
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    2414 days ago

    There was one uni that didn’t have paths until after the students walked over that lawns, then they made the paths based on the wear. wonder if this is that place.

      • @paddirn
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        1914 days ago

        Yep, I went to school there, it’s actually pretty interesting to walk on.

    • @WordBox
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      1214 days ago

      I don’t think this is a rare means of design. Mine also had desire paths replaced with concrete.

  • @[email protected]
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    That reminds me of three cities I used to frequent. You could predict their economic and political situation based on the way desire paths were being handled.

    • Place 1: poor, left-wing. Nothing, the desire paths were left alone.
    • Place 2: rich, left-wing. Desire paths were nicely paved over.
    • Place 3: rich, right-wing. They placed big branches on a desire path to block it. After people started climbing over them, they fell a tree on it.
    • @Tikiporch
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      813 days ago

      What about poor, right wing? I think we need a political compass for desire paths.

        • @[email protected]
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          🎵Don’t it always seem to go,

          That ya don’t know whatcha got,

          Till it’s gone,

          They paved Paradise,

          Put up a parking lot🎵

          –Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi” (1970)