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,,«^%$####     ##  mass-production treehouse  ##    ####$%^«,,
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,,«^%&####   created in the twenty eighties as a    ####&%^«,,
,,,,,^%&&#   cheap and open source way of dealing   #&&%^,,,,,
,,,««^%$&#   with constant floods and a rising sea  #&$%^««,,,
,,,,,,,^$&                  level.                  &$^,,,,,,,
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,,«^%$&### the "house" would consist of a stack of  ###&$%^«,,
,,«^%$&###  floor modules, each a square of thirty  ###&$%^«,,
,,««^^^%&#  six square meters. these could be made  #&%^^^««,,
,,,«^^%$$#  out of various materials such as carbon #$$%^^«,,,
,,«^%%$&&#  fiber or plastic, not necessarily the   #&&$%%^«,,
,,«^%$$$$&           same for each floor.           &$$$$%^«,,
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,,,,,«^$##  the house would be hung on a "mast", a  ##$^«,,,,,
,,«^%$&###    ridged metal pole extending between   ###&$%^«,,
,,,,,«^$## fifty and a hundred meters. a mechanism  ##$^«,,,,,
,,«^%%%%$&  within each floor would enable them to  &$%%%%^«,,
,,«^%$&###  climb up or down the mast, together or  ###&$%^«,,
,,,,,^%%&#               individually.              #&%%^,,,,,
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,,«^%$$$&&   the lowest floor would usually have a  &&$$$%^«,,
,,«^%$&&&#  loading dock, a balcony/front door, and #&&&$%^«,,
,,«^%$&###             various ladders.             ###&$%^«,,
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,,«^%$&###      % climate , housing , modular %     ###&$%^«,,
,,«^%$&###        % suburbs , open source %         ###&$%^«,,
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