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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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..&...&&&. % SUBURBS ^ OPEN SOURCE % &&&..&&&.&
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