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###&%*:~~¨ cheap and open source way of dealing ¨~~:*%##
###&%*:~~¨ with constant floods and a rising sea ¨~~:*%##
###&%*:~~¨ level. ¨~~:*%##
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&%%*::~~¨¨ floor modules, each a square of thirty ¨¨~~::*%%&
###&%*:~~¨ six square meters. these could be made ¨~~:*%##
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###&%*:~~¨ 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 ¨~~:*%&&&&
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###&%*:~~¨ * climate ~ housing ~ modular * ¨~~:*%##
###&%*:~~¨ * suburbs ~ open source * ¨~~:*%##
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