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#%%=~,,,,,     ##  mass-production treehouse  ##    ,,,,,~=%%#
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###%%=~,,,   created in the twenty eighties as a    ,,,~=%%###
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#%%=~,,,,,   with constant floods and a rising sea  ,,,,,~=%%#
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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  ,,,~=%%###
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##%%=~,,,,   the lowest floor would usually have a  ,,,,~=%%##
#%%=~,,,,,  loading dock, a balcony/front door, and ,,,,,~=%%#
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