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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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