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Desire Paths
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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
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My guess is one of the paths gets full of puddles before the other during the rain.
Could be. I remember like 5 years ago there was only one path and it was not worn down to the dirt but was just grass for quite a while