30 “folk trails” that people built against the will of the architects (31 photos)
Sometimes it seems that city planners have no idea what people really need. This is how we get “folk paths” - paths trodden in the lawn that locals use instead of neat and beautiful, but completely useless asphalt paths. And these paths can be very interesting to watch - there is even an entire community on Reddit dedicated to “the paths that people prefer, not the ones that are created for them.” 
1. “The best “folk trail” in the world! For 22 years, this man paved a path through the mountain to reduce the distance from his village to the nearest hospital from 70 to 1 kilometer” 
2. “My cat passed away last night. Here are his paths.” 
3. “When a Canadian noticed that locals were taking a shortcut through his yard, he built a path instead of building a fence.” 
4. "The Trail of the 17-Year-Old Kitty" 
5. “After our dog died, we turned his “folk trail” into an eternal trail.” 
6. “Generations of rabbits have made a perfect hole in my neighbor’s fence.” 
7. The paths at Ohio State University were paved based on "folk trails" created by students. 
8. “Found this beautiful trail earlier this year.” 
9. “Found a nice trail in Dorset.” 
10. "Dog trail in the local park. Don't forget that the asphalt can be too hot for paws on a sunny day." 
11. “The ants in my garage built a bridge over the glue trap.” 
12. "It took 4 years" 
13. UX vs. Design 
14. Endless path 
15. "In the student dormitory. I once tried to go through as planned for a change. It took too long." 
16. A little about superstitions 
17. People's staircase 
18. “My girlfriend and I are in a long-distance relationship and this is where I go when I talk to her on the phone every night.” 
19. "My dog's trail is filled with flower petals. Looks beautiful!" 
20. “In this college, the paths were laid after observing for a year where folk paths were formed.” 
21. “Honestly, I don’t know what else they expected.” 
22. Interesting fact: the Dutch call such well-trodden paths “elephant trails.” 
23. One-step folk trail 
24. Paths laid by a moorhen on the way to its nest and back 
25. “The sidewalks in my school yard are not symmetrical because they were installed where the grass was trampled.” 
26. A footpath is so bad that no one wants to use it. 
27. “At my college, they put sod on the path and put up a sign that said, “Don’t walk on the grass.” The students obeyed and built a path next to the sod.” 
28. “Google recognizes the trails on our campus.” 
29. A very popular trail 
30. "People put a folk pentagram inside a big roundabout." 
