Name: Why Elon Musk Is Planning Towns for Tesla, SpaceX and Boring Co. Workers | WSJ
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a new planned community outside of Austin

at his Tesla, SpaceX, and Boring companies.

And this is Starbase, a rocket development site

and another new Musk city with housing for SpaceX employees

Recent construction at both of these sites

has led to speculation that Musk is building company towns.

- We think that this Big Brother like control

that's associated with company towns is un-American.

a big part of American industrial history.

- My wife and I bought this property about 10 years ago.

I think a lot of what he does is really cool and inspiring.

he even owns a remote-controlled cyber truck,

but Ambrose quickly soured on his new neighbors.

- It's been a radical change since they moved in.

- [Narrator] And that's not all they're building.

As first reported in the Wall Street Journal in March,

in meetings with landowners and real estate agents,

approximately 45 minutes outside of Austin,

SpaceX is building a 500,000 square foot facility.

Across the street, Boring is building a new warehouse.

Snailbrook is already home to some Musk employees

There's also a pool, an outdoor sports area, and a gym.

Plans suggest the site will eventually have 110 homes

and Boring plans to convert one into a Montessori school.

for a two or three bedroom in Snailbrook.

The median rent in Bastrop is about $2,200 a month.

For his part, Ambrose welcomes the economic impact

that Snailbrook's residents will bring to the area.

His primary concern is how the development

- If you sit out and watch the work they do,

of industrial wastewater a day into the Colorado River.

from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Ever since Musk's companies moved in next door,

Ambrose has been documenting the development.

one week to the next it can be a radical difference.

that broke the news about Snailbrook was false,

but he has not specified what in the piece was incorrect.

would create his own town isn't far-fetched.

- [Narrator] In 2021, the billionaire announced

which Musk envisions becoming a major space port.

Starbase is being built on Boca Chica Village,

a seaside hamlet surrounded by a wildlife refuge.

of the southeastern Texas city of Brownsville.

SpaceX has not officially incorporated Starbase,

has been buying up the area's pre-existing homes

Much like Snailbrook, Starbase's development

will come at a steep price to the local environment.

♪ You load 16 tons and what do you get? ♪

♪ Another day older and deeper in debt ♪

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