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Elon Muskis reportedly building his own town in Texas.
The Space X billionaire, 51, is aiming to create a “Texas utopia” for his employees, including those who work for Tesla and his tunnel construction services company called The Boring Co., according a report in theWall Street Journal.
The newspaper cites land deeds and other records, as well as people who are familiar with the project, as saying that Boring employees have already begun to explore incorporating the Bastrop County town, which would be named “Snailbrook” — a nod to Boring Co.’s mission of building machines that “move faster than a snail.”
County executives toldWSJthat Musk and others charged with leading the project are looking to move quickly. The newspaper reported that Musk consulted withGrimes— his former girlfriend — as well asKanye Weston the project.
“They’re very respectful of us,” Adena Lewis, Bastrop County director of tourism and economic development, told the newspaper. “But they’re in a hurry.”
The outlet also detailed a 2020 meeting Musk had with a Travis County official and then-Austin Mayor Steve Adler as proof of the Twitter owner’s intention of expanding his empire in the area — and rather quickly.
“What he wanted from the city was speed,” Adler told the paper.
Bastrop County has already approved a number of streets in the area, and a Montessori school is slated for the project, KVUE reported.
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Meanwhile, residents in the area are concerned about possible environmental issues, as the project gets underway.
source: people.com
