Diary - I just read an article about the damage that the concrete pathways

[Maybo]

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I just read an article about the damage that the concrete pathways could bring to us on Hong Kong hiking trails. Hong Kong is a compact city so we can see a blend of mountains and skyscrapers in many places. Therefore, I've already gotten used to see concrete paths connected from urban area to rural area. Also, I'm not a fan of hiking, so I've never thought about the problems arising from them. However, after reading the article, I realised that, actually, it's weird to put concrete on the mountains because they aren't natural anymore and we loses the meaning of going hiking.

 

[tedmc]

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I just read an article about the damage that the concrete pathways could cause to bring to us on Hong Kong hiking trails. (Is the damage caused to the hiking trails or the users?) Hong Kong is a compact city, so but we can see a blend of mountains and skyscrapers in many places. Therefore, I've already gotten used to seeing concrete paths connected connecting from urban areas to and rural areas. Also, I'm not a fan of hiking, so I've never thought about the problems arising from about them. However, after reading the article, I realised that, actually, it's weird to put use concrete paving on the mountains because they aren't natural anymore and we loses the meaning defeats the purpose of going hiking.

How does the concrete pathways cause damage to the hiking trails? I don't see the problem in using concrete paving for pedestrian walkways on steep terrain or mountains. Pathways need to be paved. It's not that there are a lot of alternative materials besides concrete to be used as a paving material. You need a material that is durable and practical for construction. The purpose of constructing paving is to provide users with a surface which is comfortable and safe to walk on. Concrete pavement can be tastefully done without looking unnatural.

 

[Maybo]

How does the concrete pathways cause damage to the hiking trails? I don't see the problem in using concrete paving for pedestrian walkways on steep terrain or mountains. Pathways need to be paved. It's not that there are a lot of alternative materials besides concrete to be used as a paving material. You need a material that is durable and practical for construction. The purpose of constructing paving is to provide users with a surface which is comfortable and safe to walk on. Concrete pavement can be tastefully done without looking unnatural.

It could cause habitant destruction, soil erosion and disruption of ecosystems.
Source: Concrete jungle: The campaign to prevent Hong Kong’s nature trails from being paved over by EARTH.ORG, HKFP

 

[Maybo]

How does the concrete pathways cause damage to the hiking trails?

I meant "the damage that the concrete pathways on Hong Kong hiking trails could cause".

 

[teechar]

I just read an article about the damage that the concrete pathways could bring to us on cause to hiking trails in Hong Kong. hiking trails. Hong Kong is a compact city, so we can see a blend of mountains and skyscrapers near each other in many places. Therefore, I've already gotten I'm used to seeing concrete paths connected from urban area to rural that connect green spaces with built-up areas. Also, I'm not a fan of hiking, so I've never thought about the such potential problems before. arising from them. However, after reading the article, I realised that, actually, it's weird to put concrete on the mountains because they aren't natural anymore and we loses lose the meaning of going hiking.

 

[Tarheel]

I just read an article about the damage that the concrete pathways could bring to us on Hong Kong hiking trails.

I wouldn't use the second "the" there. As for concrete pathways, it makes more sense in the city (where you are likely to see them) than, for example, in the mountains, where you normally would not see them.

 

[Tarheel]

Hong Kong is a compact city so we can see a blend of mountains and skyscrapers in many places.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. Do you mean that there are skyscrapers right next to the mountains? (That seems unlikely.)

 

[Maybo]

I'm not sure what you mean by that. Do you mean that there are skyscrapers right next to the mountains? (That seems unlikely.)

Like these:

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[Maybo]

There is a little hill near my apartment so I can go hiking every day, but I don’t want to.

 

[Tarheel]

Therefore, I've already gotten used to SEEING concrete paths CONNECTING urban areaS to rural areaS.

Oh goodness! A lot of ESL learners seem to think "already" is a word they can use any time at all. Also, when you mention "concrete paths connecting urban areas to rural areas" you seem to be talking about roads.

 

[Tarheel]

Like these:
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In those pics the mountains are in the background, but they are not that close.

 

[Tarheel]

There is a little hill near my apartment so I can go hiking every day, but I don’t want to.

I would say, "I could go hiking there every day if I wanted to. That's clear enough, but for emphasis I might add, "which I don't."

 

[Maybo]

I wouldn't use the second "the" there. As for concrete pathways, it makes more sense in the city (where you are likely to see them) than, for example, in the mountains, where you normally would not see them.

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[Tarheel]

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That looks like a pedestrian bridge and not a mountain trail.

 

[Maybo]

In those pics the mountains are in the background, but they are not that close.

The arrow pointing to is a mountain!

 

[Maybo]

That looks like a pedestrian bridge and not a mountain trail.

Not a bridge. This is another part of the trail.




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[Maybo]

Oh goodness! A lot of ESL learners seem to think "already" is a word they can use any time at all. Also, when you mention "concrete paths connecting urban areas to rural areas" you seem to be talking about roads.

It is because the roads also sometimes connect to the trails.

 

[Tarheel]

Also, I'm not a fan of hiking, so I've never thought about the problems arising from them.

Well, there's hiking, and there's going from one place to another for a purpose. When somebody goes hiking there is a purpose, but it's the activity itself that's the purpose.

 

[Tarheel]

Not a bridge. This is another part of the trail.



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I wouldn't expect a mountain trail to look like that. Somebody went to a lot of trouble to pave the trail, and I'm not sure why. Walking up and down hills is strenuous in any case, but it doesn't look natural.

 

[Tarheel]

However, after reading the article, I realised that, actually, it's weird to PAVE THE TRAIL because IT DOESN'T LOOK natural anymore and we loses the meaning of going hiking.

Two things. One, last year I resolved not to use the word "actually" at all. (I only slipped once.) Two, it doesn't look natural, because it's not.

As for the meaning of going hiking, I didn't know it had any meaning other than being a form of recreation.

You finished that with something about as ungrammatical as it could possibly be.