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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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