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Houseboats are mostly just unmoving floating homes

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Many of these supposedly aquatic vessels have power units that haven't functioned in decades. They remain permanently tied to docks, dodging land taxes while owners pretend they might one day untie the ropes and sail away.

Houseboats are mostly just unmoving floating homes
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