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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  ##$===~...
..~===$###  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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