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Kitchenless dwellings in an ideal socialist and
                                                                                                                                                       feminist society.  Women would be free from
                                                                                                                                                       the drudgery of unpaid domestic work.  Each
                                                                                                                                                       kitchenless house would be connected to a
                                                                                                                                                       central kitchen through a complex network of

                                                                                                                                                       underground tunnels.  Gas, water, electric, and
                                                                                                                                                       telephone lines would be underground as well.
                                                                                                                                                       The society would consist of a  circular city
                                                                                                                                                       of ten thousand people inscribed within one
                                                                                                                                                       square mile of land.


                                                                                                                                                       Central kitchens would would provide hot
                                                                                                                                                       meals in special containers and would arrive
                                                                                                                                                       from central kitchens to be eaten on dining

                                                                                                                                                       patios.  Each central kitchen would serve 1,000
                                                                                                                                                       people.  Railway cars from the center of the city
                                                                                                                                                       would bring cooked food, laundry, and other
                                                                                                                                                       deliveries to connection points, from which
                                                                                                                                                       small electric cars could be dispatched to the
                                                                                                                                                       basement of each house.


                                                                                                                                                       Schools and daycares would exist at the center
                                                                                                                                                       of this society. A kitchenless society would
                                                                                                                                                       permit the development of extensive public
                                                                                                                                                       facilities.
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