[coreyisthename]

If you ever need to find a desire path, for whatever reason, the first place to go is any college campus/quad.

Every corner is cut and all open spaces are crisscrossed with paths.

I remember seeing photos of some university - I can't remember where - that actually ripped up the old paths and paved over the desire paths, to great success.

[mikepurvis]

Ohio State is one such example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DesirePath/comments/8nihbj/the_oval...

[blindm]

> I remember seeing photos of some university - I can't remember where - that actually ripped up the old paths and paved over the desire paths, to great success.

And when people do this: it makes the path a bit jarring since you intuitively know it's been designed that way for maximum efficiency and you are being 'played' in this subtle way.

[bregma]

When UC Davis was originally constructed they delayed paving until the desire paths appeared so they knew where to put them.

[sidpatil]

Lots of schools do this. You'll often hear college campus tour guides mention it to their groups.