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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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