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TIL that a community known as Druid Heights served as a focal point for three counterculture movements: the Beats in the 1950s, the hippies in the 1960s, and the feminists in the 1970s. Despite Druid Height's cultural significance, its future remains uncertain due to the deterioration of the site.

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