People have clearly chosen their preferred path. Is astroturfing over the top of it better than having a muddy trail or an asphalt track?
Posted by MrsSquiggle
People have clearly chosen their preferred path. Is astroturfing over the top of it better than having a muddy trail or an asphalt track?
Posted by MrsSquiggle
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People will.always find the shortest route.
At least it’s better than a worn.out muddy path
It’s great. Better than mud.
r/desirepath
It’s a desire path and I like this one as it is, it’s kind of whimsical
I prefer gravel so we aren’t shredding more micro plastics, but it probably doesn’t matter.
Feels weirdly soft under my shoes but I ain’t walking around on the other path they made, it’s a terrible spot
Interesting concept
crap urban design. it’s legacy worldwide
Fake grass should be banned
It’s an admittance of reality.
If you can’t beat them, join them.
It reminds me of a Chinese mountainside
[relevant comic](https://www.instagram.com/p/DQV1eLvlaB1/?igsh=MWVrNGdobnA1ZWx2Nw==)
I can’t believe it’s not grass!
What’s wrong with having a dirt desire path in a garden?
Dirt is the most “garden” thing you can have in a garden.
Why do they think mother nature needs to be made out of plastic now?
I feel nothing
Prefer none plastic opinions sigh
[Fake grass gets much hotter than you’d think](https://www.vets-now.com/2017/06/never-walk-dogs-hot-asphalt-tarmac-pavements-artificial-grass/). I’m concerned about dogs burning their paws on the plastic on hotter days.
I don’t understand why we have so much information about how bad fake turf is for the areas where it is laid, and (I assume) councils and the like still use it. That said, if it’s going to be as hot as suggested next week, it will probably melt.
What in the incest fuck was going on in the counsel planners minds when they cooked that one up?
https://preview.redd.it/o6jkclhe82fg1.jpeg?width=2179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21f1f832c6d2f21f3c4d312a7edd056d2e5d4fe1
Straight from google maps. The ol’ mud slip n’ slide! Was great for checking my remaining balance on the way home from the pub when I lived round the corner. Was probably good entertainment for passing motorists!
Better than dirt
I think it fucking sucks
Why on earth would they go with fake grass instead of gravel?
Wow that looks terrible
Ew to the fake grass.
This is Ant Colony Optimisation in action. The council or designers have one idea about where the path should be while the people disagree and vote with their feet. Just give in and put a proper path there.
I’ll have a bowl thanks!
It should be paved with silicon and sprayed with oil so people can skate across.
Put a proper path in.
Didn’t know it was there. Not too fond of it being fake grass though, couldn’t it have been gravel or dirt?
Gross
That looks awful. Surely concrete, asphalt, or just some gravel would be better.
Approach your council to have the paths redone.
Presumably covering a desire line in a way that doesn’t add a weird little path next to another path
It’ll spin from the first ball 😳
Fake grass is absolutely putrid. It stinks like old tinsel when it’s hot. It causes cancer but it used in over %90 of daycare centres.
It’s next to impossible to dispose of and recycle and is a microplastic nightmare.
Gives me the ick so bad!
its giving the lorax batteries in the trees lmao
A 30′ long concrete tollway maybe🤔
When you have a systemic problem of lawn wear in very specific locations, perhaps it’s time to consider turning that spot into a proper path.
Hideous. Gravel is fine.
How did this make the top of the councils pile of bad decisions to spend money on?
We need to be honest with ourselves and each other. Stop fighting tides and rivers. Just accept what is undeniably a path the people desire. Pave it, and move on.
Horrible they should do it properly with concrete or pavers.
Ew no