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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 ,,,,:~:^%#
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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 ,,,,,:~:^%
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####%^:~:, THE LOWEST FLOOR WOULD USUALLY HAVE A ,:~:^%####
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