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** The land it's situated on belongs to a person/company that, due to administrative kerfuffles, cannot be traced, so until either the land-claim expires in 22 years, assuming the owner doesn't renew said claim, nothing can be done about it.

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** The land it's situated on belongs to a person/company that, due to administrative kerfuffles, cannot be traced, so until either the land-claim expires in 22 years, assuming the owner doesn't renew said claim, nothing can be done about it.
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** The land it's situated on belongs to a person/company that, due to administrative kerfuffles, cannot be traced, so until either the land-claim expires in 22 years, assuming the owner doesn't renew said claim, nothing can be done about it.

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* '''Double Subverted''': When Alice enters the building, she finds that the home is sitting undisturbed in an indoor atrium in the center of the courtyard.

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When Alice enters the building, she finds that the home is sitting undisturbed in an indoor atrium in the center of the courtyard.courtyard.
** The renter hasn't actually moved in or done anything to the house itself nor has any plans to, and the current legal landlord doesn't really care beyond getting rent and not causing active problems what the "tenant" does or doesn't do. As far as Alice and the plot is concerned, it's functionally unoccupied.
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** DAlice's grandmother's house was torn down, despite being in the middle of the country were few people would notice it.

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** DAlice's Alice's grandmother's house was torn down, despite being in the middle of the country were few people would notice it.
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* '''Exploited''': The city planner is preparing to [[MacGuffinRetreivalService ambush Alice after she finds the heirloom and steal it.]]

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* '''Exploited''': The city planner is preparing to [[MacGuffinRetreivalService [[MacGuffinDeliveryService ambush Alice after she finds the heirloom and steal it.]]
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* '''Exploited''': The city planner is preparing to ambush Alice after she finds the heirloom and steal it.

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* '''Exploited''': The city planner is preparing to [[MacGuffinRetreivalService ambush Alice after she finds the heirloom and steal it.]]
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** The house has a bad reputation ([[HauntedHouse it's believed to be haunted]] or something), so no one wants to buy it.
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** Despite Alice's grandmother's house being in the middle of the country, it was torn down

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** Despite Alice's DAlice's grandmother's house was torn down, despite being in the middle of the country, it was torn downcountry were few people would notice it.

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* '''Straight''': Alice goes to the childhood home of her grandmother in search of a family heirloom. The abandoned house is in a quiet Boston neighborhood, dusty yet undisturbed despite the booming neighborhood around it.

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* '''Straight''': Alice goes to the childhood home of her grandmother in search of a family heirloom. The abandoned house is in a quiet Boston neighborhood, dusty yet undisturbed despite the booming neighborhood around it.



** Alice's great-grandfather was an influential councilman who got a local law passed stipulating that the property would not be disturbed for any reason.

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** Alice's great-grandfather was an influential councilman councillor who got a local law passed stipulating that the property would not be disturbed for any reason.



* '''Deconstructed''': The presence of the ramshackle old house has been a long-time local blight, and the neighbors insult Alice and her family when they learn who she is.

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* '''Implied''': There are many buildings showing signs of decay and with abandoned technology that's at least a half-century out of date.
* '''Deconstructed''': The presence of the ramshackle old house has been a long-time longtime local blight, and the neighbors insult Alice and her family when they learn who she is.



* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The preservation of the area is linked to the heirloom's powers the areas enclosing the area in a pocket dimension - it is InvisibleToNormals.

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* '''Plotted A a Good Waste''': The preservation of the area is linked to the heirloom's powers the areas enclosing the area in a pocket dimension - -- it is InvisibleToNormals.



%%* '''Implied''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice's grandmother's house is still intact, but Bob's childhood home, the location of the next plot coupon, has been torn down for a Evil-Mart parking lot. Carol's favorite restaurant is still there, but they took out the bar and changed it from Thai cooking to Vietnamese.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice goes to the address, only to find that an office building is there now.

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Alice goes to the address, only to find that an office building is there now.



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** Alice returns and finds that the house is rented out by the new owner.



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* '''Enforced''': ???Alice's grandmother's house was so iconic and marketable that executive veto stopped its destruction.




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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's great-grandmother is still revered by the community even after she was forced to flee decades ago. Her house has been preserved and maintained because of it, the street has even been renamed after her.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The preservation of the area is linked to the heirloom's powers the areas enclosing the area in a pocket dimension - it is InvisibleToNormals.



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* '''Downplayed''': the house is ringed with Caution! tape, and has a "Condemned" sighn nailed to the front door.

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* '''Downplayed''': the The house is ringed with Caution! tape, and has a "Condemned" sighn sign nailed to the front door.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???the house is ringed with Caution! tape, and has a "Condemned" sighn nailed to the front door.


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** The town's Historical Society managed to get the place protected.

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* '''Justified''': Alice's great-grandfather was an influential councilman who got a local law passed stipulating that the property would not be disturbed for any reason.

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Alice's great-grandfather was an influential councilman who got a local law passed stipulating that the property would not be disturbed for any reason.



* '''Inverted''': Alice's job involves finding long-undisturbed properties, then buying them for demolition and redevelopment.

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Alice's job involves finding long-undisturbed properties, then buying them for demolition and redevelopment.



* '''Deconstructed''': The presence of the ramshackle old house has been a long-time local blight, and the neighbors insult Alice and her family when they learn who she is.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The presence of the ramshackle old house has been a long-time local blight, and the neighbors insult Alice and her family when they learn who she is.


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** Despite Alice's grandmothers house being in the middle of the country, it was torn down

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** Despite Alice's grandmothers grandmother's house being in the middle of the country, it was torn down
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** The story is set AfterTheEnd, and Alice is one of the few people remaining. There's simply no one else around who would want to use the building for some other purpose.
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* '''Averted''': TAlice's grandmother's house was torn down.

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* '''Averted''': TAlice's Alice's grandmother's house was torn down.

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** Despite Alice's grandmothers house being in the middle of the country, it was torn down



* '''Averted''': The story takes place in a setting with no permanent structures.

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* '''Averted''': The story takes place in a setting with no permanent structures.TAlice's grandmother's house was torn down.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???The building has been perfectly preserved due to the efforts of the Alice's Convenience Historical Society.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The presence of the ramshackle old house has been a long-time local blight, and the neighbors insult Alice= and her family when they learn who she is.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The presence of the ramshackle old house has been a long-time local blight, and the neighbors insult Alice= Alice and her family when they learn who she is.



* '''Defied''': The city planner is part of an AncientConspiracy who knows the heirloom is the key to summoning an EldritchAbomination. He quickly orders the home destroyed and has a parking structure built on the site.

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* '''Defied''': The city planner is part of an AncientConspiracy who knows the heirloom is the key to summoning an EldritchAbomination. He quickly orders the home destroyed and has a parking structure built on the site.site to bury it.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The presence of the ramshackle old house has driven down local property values, and the neighbors insult Alice's family when they discover why she's there.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The presence of the ramshackle old house has driven down been a long-time local property values, blight, and the neighbors insult Alice's Alice= and her family when they discover why she's there.learn who she is.
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* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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* '''Deconstructed''': ???The presence of the ramshackle old house has driven down local property values, and the neighbors insult Alice's family when they discover why she's there.



* '''Lampshaded''': "It's amazing that this house has been sitting here, undisturbed, for ''decades.''"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "It's amazing that this house has been sitting here, undisturbed, here undisturbed for ''decades.''"
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* '''Inverted''': Alice's job involves finding long-undisturbed properties, then buying them for reconstruction.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice's job involves finding long-undisturbed properties, then buying them for reconstruction.demolition and redevelopment.
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* '''Justified''': Alice's great-grandfather was an influential councilman who got a local law stipulating that the property would not be disturbed.

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* '''Justified''': Alice's great-grandfather was an influential councilman who got a local law passed stipulating that the property would not be disturbed.disturbed for any reason.
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* '''Straight''': Alice goes to the childhood home of her grandmother in search of a family hierloom. The abandoned house is in a quiet Boston neighborhood, dusty yet undisturbed despite the booming neighborhood around it.

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* '''Straight''': Alice goes to the childhood home of her grandmother in search of a family hierloom.heirloom. The abandoned house is in a quiet Boston neighborhood, dusty yet undisturbed despite the booming neighborhood around it.



* '''Invoked''': The city planner knew there was an expensive heirloom hidden in the house that needed a descendant to find, so he kept the house undisturbed until an heir arrives.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': The city planner knew there was knows the house has an expensive heirloom hidden in the house inside that needed requires a descendant to find, so he kept the house undisturbed until an heir arrives.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
The city planner is preparing to ambush Alice after she finds the heirloom and steal it.
* '''Defied''': ???
The city planner is part of an AncientConspiracy who knows the heirloom is the key to summoning an EldritchAbomination. He quickly orders the home destroyed and has a parking structure built on the site.
* '''Discussed''': ???
Bob tells Alice, "You're nuts if you think that your grandma's old abandoned house will still be there after all these years."
* '''Conversed''': ???"The movie would be a lot shorter if she finds the old house has been torn down and paved over, wouldn't it?"
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???The city planner knew there was an expensive heirloom hidden in the house that needed a descendant to find, so he kept the house undisturbed until an heir arrives.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice goes to the address, only to find that the home was torn down decades ago; an office building sits there now.

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* '''Subverted''': Alice goes to the address, only to find that the home was torn down decades ago; an office building sits is there now.

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