the.com/worn trails
proof that convenience is just laziness with enough repetition behind it.
means the informal dirt paths people carve by walking the route they actually want, ignoring the sidewalk someone designed for them.
from landscape architects call them desire paths, but worn trails is the plainer, older phrase for the same rebellion: feet voting against the planner's map, one shortcut at a time.
design termplanners call them desire lines
some campuseswait a year before paving new sidewalks
animals do it toodeer trails follow the same logic
self-erasinggrass regrows if enough people stop using it