Failing that unorthodox living arrangement, what about this bizarre flashback from a John Christopher novel that was televised in my youth:
The White Mountains: "Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture human beings and make them docile, obedient servants."
both via BoingBoing
Filed in: architecture, culture, public-spaces